鬼魂 guǐ hún ghost syn 幽灵 幽靈 yōu líng specter / apparition / ghost syn 空军 空軍 kōng jūn air force / (slang) to fail to catch anything (on a fishing trip) / to get skunked syn 圣灵 聖靈 shèng líng Holy Ghost / Holy Spirit 出没 出沒 chū mò to come and go / to roam about (mostly unseen) / (of a ghost) to haunt (a place) / (of a criminal) to stalk (the streets) / (of the sun) to rise and set 无常 無常 wú cháng variable / changeable / fickle / impermanence (Sanskrit: anitya) / ghost taking away the soul after death / to pass away / to die syn 渔船 漁船 yú chuán fishing boat / CL:條|条[tiao2] 作怪 zuò guài (of a ghost) to make strange things happen / to act up / to act behind the scenes / to make mischief / odd / to misbehave (euphemism for having sex) syn 罗网 羅網 luó wǎng net / fishing net / bird net syn 阴魂 陰魂 yīn hún ghost / spirit syn 鱼竿 魚竿 yú gān fishing rod 神出鬼没 神出鬼沒 shén chū guǐ mò lit. to appear and disappear unpredictably like a spirit or a ghost (idiom) / fig. elusive 渔具 漁具 yú jù fishing gear syn 异物 異物 yì wù rarity / rare delicacy / foreign matter / alien body / the dead / ghost / monstrosity / alien life-form syn 渔网 漁網 yú wǎng fishing net / fishnet 冤魂 yuān hún ghost of one who died unjustly / departed spirit demanding vengeance for grievances syn 渔业 漁業 yú yè fishing industry / fishery 做鬼 zuò guǐ to play tricks / to cheat / to get up to mischief / to become a ghost / to give up the ghost syn 飘飘 飄飄 piāo piāo to float about / to flutter (in the breeze) / (dialect) gay guy / (Tw) ghost syn 钓竿 釣竿 diào gān fishing rod / CL:根[gen1] 渔场 漁場 yú chǎng fishing ground 钓具 釣具 diào jù fishing tackle syn 幽魂 yōu hún ghost / spirit (of the dead) syn 网罗 網羅 wǎng luó net for fishing or bird catching / (fig.) fetters / to snare (a valuable new team member etc) / to bring together under the one umbrella syn 渔猎 漁獵 yú liè fishing and hunting / fig. to loot / to plunder syn 渔港 漁港 yú gǎng fishing port 冥界 míng jiè ghost world 鬼故事 guǐ gù shi ghost story 伏羲 fú xī Fuxi, legendary Chinese emperor, trad. 2852-2738 BC, mythical creator of fishing, trapping and writing 代写 代寫 dài xiě to write as substitute for sb / a ghost writer / plagiarism 饿鬼 餓鬼 è guǐ sb who is always hungry / glutton / (Buddhism) hungry ghost 结网 結網 jié wǎng to spin a web (spider) / to weave a net (e.g. for fishing) 死城 sǐ chéng ghost town 流网 流網 liú wǎng drift net (fishing) 鬼 guǐ 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 纲 綱 gāng head rope of a fishing net / guiding principle / key link / class (taxonomy) / outline / program syn 钓鱼竿 釣魚竿 diào yú gān fishing rod 渔轮 漁輪 yú lún fishing vessel 中元节 中元節 zhōng yuán jié Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased 冥婚 míng hūn posthumous or ghost marriage (in which at least one of the bride and groom is dead) 鱼船 魚船 yú chuán fishing boat / same as 漁船|渔船 鱼漂 魚漂 yú piāo fishing float syn 缗 緡 mín cord / fishing-line / string of coins syn 伥 倀 chāng (bound form) ghost of sb devoured by a tiger who helps the tiger devour others 罽 jì (fishing net) / woolen rug 鱼鹰 魚鷹 yú yīng name used for many fishing birds / cormorant / osprey syn 镩 鑹 cuān ice spud (aka ice chisel) with a pointy tip / to break a hole in ice (for ice fishing etc) using an ice spud 一命呜呼 一命嗚呼 yī mìng wū hū to die (idiom) / to breathe one's last / to give up the ghost syn 篝火狐鸣 篝火狐鳴 gōu huǒ hú míng to tell fox ghost stories around a bonfire and incite rebellion / an uprising is afoot (idiom) 太公钓鱼，愿者上钩 太公釣魚，願者上鉤 tài gōng diào yú , yuàn zhě shàng gōu Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water) / to put one's head in the noose 姜太公钓鱼，愿者上钩 薑太公釣魚，願者上鉤 jiāng tài gōng diào yú , yuàn zhě shàng gōu Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want it, take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water) / to put one's head in the noose 炸渔 blast fishing / dynamite fishing 瞬时捕捞死亡率 瞬時捕撈死亡率 instantaneous rate of fishing mortality / fishing mortality instantaneous rate 捕捞死亡系数 捕撈死亡系數 instantaneous rate of fishing mortality / fishing mortality instantaneous rate 非法、未报告和无管制的捕捞 非法、未報告和無管制的捕撈 illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing / IUU fishing 魊 yù ghost of a child 澳洲假吸血蝠属 澳洲假吸血蝠屬 ào zhōu jiǎ xī xuè fú shǔ Ghost 吊死鬼 diào sǐ guǐ ghost of a person who died by hanging / hanged person / (coll.) inchworm / hangman (word game) 中元 zhōng yuán Ghost Festival on 15th day of 7th lunar month when offerings are made to the deceased 伥鬼 倀鬼 chāng guǐ ghost of sb devoured by a tiger who helps the tiger devour others 冥道 míng dào the gateway to the ghost world 刘涓子鬼遗方 劉涓子鬼遺方 liú juān zǐ guǐ yí fāng Liu Juanzi's medical recipes bequeathed by the ghost Huang Fugui 黃父鬼|黄父鬼 断魂椒 斷魂椒 duàn hún jiāo king cobra or ghost chili (Naga jolokia) 狐女 hú nǚ fox lady / in folk stories, a beautiful girl who will seduce you then reveal herself as a ghost 白鬼 bái guǐ "white ghost", derogatory term for caucasians (Cantonese) 鬼扯脚 鬼扯腳 guǐ chě jiǎo lit. ghost pulls your leg / involuntary tug of muscles / fig. very unlucky / fig. argumentative / fig. can't help doing it 黄父鬼 黃父鬼 huáng fù guǐ Huang Fugui, ghost of legends who provided Liu Juanzi with his magical recipes 劉涓子鬼遺方|刘涓子鬼遗方 "幽灵"被拘留者 "幽靈"被拘留者 ghost detainee 残影 殘影 cán yǐng ghost 鬼网 鬼網 ghost net 鬼印 ghost print 阿飘 阿飄 ā piāo (coll.) ghost (Tw) 歌台 gē tái boisterous live show held during the Ghost Festival 中元節|中元节[Zhong1 yuan2 jie2] in Singapore and other parts of Southeast Asia 精怪 jīng guài supernatural being (such as a demon, monster, ghost, spirit, gremlin etc) syn 鬼遮眼 guǐ zhē yǎn selective blindness caused by a ghost, whereby one fails to notice obvious dangers 嗝屁 gé pì (dialect) (loanword) to die / to give up the ghost 撞鬼 zhuàng guǐ to encounter a ghost or supernatural being / (coll.) to experience sth strange, eerie or unlucky 神出鬼没 神出鬼沒 shén chū - guǐ mò lit. to appear and disappear unpredictably like a spirit or a ghost (idiom) / fig. elusive 阴兵 陰兵 yīn bīng underworld soldier / ghost soldier 阴婚 陰婚 yīn hūn ghost marriage (in which one or both parties are dead) 鬼城 guǐ chéng ghost town 鬼片 guǐ piàn ghost movie 罛 gū large fishing net 籊 tì long bamboo (for fishing rod) 任凭风浪起，稳坐钓鱼台 任憑風浪起，穩坐釣魚臺 rèn píng fēng làng qǐ , wěn zuò diào yú tái lit. to sit tight on the fishing terrace despite the storm (idiom) / fig. to stay calm in a tense situation 伏羲氏 fú xī shì Fuxi or Fu Hsi, legendary Chinese emperor 2852-2738 BC, mythical creator of fishing, trapping, and writing 卷线器 捲線器 juǎn xiàn qì fishing reel 椮 槮 sēn lush growth (trees) / fishing using bundled wood (archaic) 渔捞 漁撈 yú lāo fishing (as a commercial activity) syn 渔汛 漁汛 yú xùn fishing season 渔汛期 漁汛期 yú xùn qī fishing season 渔笼 漁籠 yú lóng fishing pot (trap) 渔船队 漁船隊 yú chuán duì fishing fleet 禁渔 禁漁 jìn yú ban on fishing 稳坐钓鱼台 穩坐釣魚臺 wěn zuò diào yú tái lit. to sit tight on the fishing terrace despite the storm (idiom) / fig. to stay calm in a tense situation 钓杆 釣桿 diào gǎn fishing rod 钓鱼杆 釣魚杆 diào yú gān fishing rod / CL:根[gen1] 饵线 餌線 ěr xiàn tippet (in fly-fishing) 