sik6 gwai2食鬼
Jyutpingsik6 gwai2
Yalesihk gwái
Definition
Pac-Man, the iconic 1980s arcade game.
colloquialtechnology
How it's used
Refers specifically to the classic arcade game Pac-Man, which was a cultural phenomenon in Hong Kong during the 1980s. While the literal translation is to eat ghosts, it is almost exclusively used as the proper noun for the game title itself. It is rarely used to describe the act of eating ghosts in other contexts, as the term is deeply tied to the nostalgia of early arcade culture.
Measure word
zek3隻jekExamples
When I was a kid, I loved going to the arcade to play Pac-Man.
Do you know how many years of history the game Pac-Man actually has?
Related words
Grammar color guide
Noun
Verb
Adjective
Adverb
Pronoun
Classifier
Particle
Connector
Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
