Cantonese words starting with G

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gwai2 gam2so (spoken)

gwai2 gam2extremely; terribly; horribly; immensely; outrageously

鬼咁長氣鬼咁长气

gwai2 gam3 coeng4 hei3to be very long-winded [colloquial]

鬼咁過癮鬼咁过瘾

gwai2 gam3 gwo3 jan5very exciting; very fun [colloquial]

gwai2 giu3(coll.) to holler; to squawk

gwai2 giu3… me1who told…to…; who else is to blame for…; whose fault is it now [colloquial]

gwai2 gu2a ghost story

gwai2 gu3ghost stories;a horror story

gwai2 gu3 si6ghost story

gwai2 gwaai3hobgoblin; phantom

gwai2 gwai2 seoi6 seoi6(idiom) sneaky; secretive; furtive

gwai2 gwai2 sung4 sung4sneaky; sneakily; furtive; stealthy [written]

gwai2 gwai2 syu2 syu2(adjective) sneaky; sneakily; furtive; stealthy

gwai2 hiu1(bird species of China) boreal owl (Aegolius funereus)

gwai2 huk1 long4 hou4(idiom) to wail and scream loudly

gwai2 jau4 sam1 sang1devils are born in the heart (idiom)

gwai2 ji6strange

gwai2 jing2ghost (human) shadow, normally used in the context鬼影都冇隻 when a place is completely deserted, with not even a shadow present

鬼影都冇隻鬼影都冇只

gwai2 jing2 dou1 mou5 zek3do not see anyone; a deserted place (spoken)

gwai2 keoi5gauge

gwai2 kyut3weird; treacherous

gwai2 lau4haunted house

gwai2 lim5wry face; to pull a face; face mask

鬼靈精怪鬼灵精怪

gwai2 ling4 zing1 gwaai3mischievous; strange; grotesque; weird; bizarre; quick-witted

gwai2 lou2foreigner (Cantonese)

鬼佬涼茶鬼佬凉茶

gwai2 lou2 loeng4 caa4beer (slang)

鬼佬話鬼佬话

gwai2 lou2 waa6foreign languages (English)

鬼佬齋鬼佬斋

gwai2 lou2 zaai1western-style vegetable cuisine

gwai2 maa5(adjective) funny; hilarious; comical; sly

鬼馬事鬼马事

gwai2 maa5 si6a shameful matter; something which gives one a guilty conscience

gwai2 mai4(to be bewitched by ghost); to be under a spell

鬼迷心竅鬼迷心窍

gwai2 mai4 sam1 hiu3to be obsessed

gwai2 mei6demon; evil spirit

gwai2 min6 zaau3front air grid; guard of a vehicle; a motoribike mask; the front fairing cowl of a motorbike

gwai2 mui1(noun) western girl; caucasian girl

鬼門關鬼门关

gwai2 mun4 gwaan1the gates of hell

鬼五馬六鬼五马六

gwai2 ng5 maa5 luk6(slang) (of people) weird; bizarre; to act eccentrically; witty; to be full of devilish tricks and cunning strategies

鬼怕惡人鬼怕恶人

gwai2 paa3 ok3 jan4lit. ghosts are afraid of evil too

鬼拍後尾枕鬼拍后尾枕

gwai2 paak3 hau6 mei5 zam2slips of the tongue; Freudian slip (slang)

gwai2 po4Caucasian woman (Cantonese)

鬼殺噉聲鬼杀啖声

gwai2 saat3 gam2 seng1the sound of a horrible scream; very noisy

鬼殺咁嘈鬼杀咁嘈

gwai2 saat3 gam3 cou4(adj.) to describe someone who is very noisy and annoying; to make a big fuss about something

gwai2 san4supernatural beings

gwai2 sei2so (spoken)

gwai2 sei2 gam2so (spoken)

鬼聲鬼氣鬼声鬼气

gwai2 seng1 gwai2 hei3a strange

gwai2 seoi6sneaky; sneakily; furtive; stealthy

gwai2 si2 san4 caai1demons and gods at work (idiom); unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation

gwai2 si5overnight market

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