"鬼" Chinese-English Dictionary
Le caractère 鬼
- Radical
- 194.0
- Number of strokes
- 10
- Cangjie
- HUI 竹山戈
- Sijiao
- 2621.3
- Wubi
- RQCI
- GB 2312
- B9ED
- Big5
- B0AD
- Unicode
- U+9B3C
Decomposition Practice Sheet Dictionary of examples Synonyms
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 鬼 | disembodied spirit / ghost / devil / (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc / sly / crafty / resourceful (variant of 詭|诡[gui3]) / one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy | syn |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 魔鬼 | devil | syn | |
| 小鬼 | little demon (term of endearment for a child) / mischievous child / imp | syn | |
| 见鬼 見鬼 | absurd / strange / (interj.) curse it! / to hell with it! | syn | |
| 酒鬼 | drunkard | syn | |
| 色鬼 | lecher / pervert | syn | |
| 恶鬼 惡鬼 | evil spirit / devil | syn | |
| 死鬼 | devil (used jocularly or contemptuously) / the departed | syn | |
| 闹鬼 鬧鬼 | haunted | syn | |
| 厉鬼 厲鬼 | malicious spirit / devil | syn | |
| 搞鬼 | to make mischief / to play tricks | syn | |
| 醉鬼 | drunkard | syn | |
| 饿鬼 餓鬼 | sb who is always hungry / glutton / (Buddhism) hungry ghost | ||
| 做鬼 | to play tricks / to cheat / to get up to mischief / to become a ghost / to give up the ghost | syn | |
| 捣鬼 搗鬼 | to play tricks / to cause mischief | syn | |
| 烟鬼 煙鬼 | heavy smoker / chain smoker | syn | |
| 黑鬼 | black devil (derogatory term for black or African person) | ||
| 内鬼 內鬼 | mole / spy / rat / traitor | ||
| 赌鬼 賭鬼 | gambling addict | syn | |
| 懒鬼 懶鬼 | lazybones / idle bum | ||
| 白鬼 | "white ghost", derogatory term for caucasians (Cantonese) | ||
| 伥鬼 倀鬼 | ghost of sb devoured by a tiger who helps the tiger devour others | ||
| 馋鬼 饞鬼 | glutton / greedy pig | ||
| 雷鬼 | reggae (loanword) | ||
| 李鬼 | false hero (who pretends to be 李逵[Li3 Kui2]) / a fake | ||
| 穷鬼 窮鬼 | (vulgar) impoverished person / the poor | syn | |
| 五鬼 | five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence / also written 五瘟神 | ||
| 洋鬼 | see 洋鬼子[yang2 gui3 zi5] | ||
| 淫鬼 | lecherous devil | ||
| 撞鬼 | to encounter a ghost or supernatural being / (coll.) to experience sth strange, eerie or unlucky | ||
| 走鬼 | unlicensed street vendor |