「鬼」

Entry #1
Pronunciation: gwai2
Part of Speech: adverb
Explanation:
  • not (after monosyllabic verbs except 冇 mou5); used in a relatively heightened emotional state to negate the patient
    (Cant.) 佢keoi5都dou1short shortsot1 sot1哋dei2嘅ge3,我ngo5理lei5鬼gwai2佢keoi5。
    (Eng.) He is such an imbecile. I've had enough with him.
    (Cant.) 甲:「粉fan2紅hung4色sik1真zan1係hai6好hou2靚leng3囉lo1!」乙:「係hai6鬼gwai2……」
    (Eng.) A: "Pink is the best color!" B: "Not true."
    (Cant.) 佢keoi5有jau5鬼gwai2錢cin2喺hai2身san1呀aa4?
    (Eng.) He doesn't have any money.
    (Cant.) 我ngo5理lei5鬼gwai2得dak1佢keoi5吖aa1,女neoi5仔zai2都dou1係hai6噉gam2話waa6㗎gaa3喇laa3。
    (Eng.) I don't give a damn about her, even if she is a girl.
    (Cant.) 我ngo5識sik1鬼gwai2文man4學hok6咩me1?娛jyu4樂lok6就zau6識sik1啫ze1。
    (Eng.) I know nothing about literature, but I do know a bit about entertainment.
    (Cant.) 熟suk6鬼gwai2!我ngo5識sik1佢keoi5,佢keoi5唔m4識sik1我ngo5,仲zung6有jau5啊aa3,我ngo5見gin3過gwo3佢keoi5一jat1次ci3咁gam3大daai6把baa2咋zaa3!
    (Eng.) Familiar? No way! I know him but he doesn't know me. Plus, I've seen him only once!
    (Cant.) 呃ngaak1鬼gwai2咩me1!
    (Eng.) You can't deceive anybody, can you!
    (Cant.) 人jan4哋dei6開hoi1唔m4開hoi1心sam1關gwaan1你nei5鬼gwai2事si6咩me1。
    (Eng.) Whether others are happy or not is none of your business.

  • used in a relatively heightened emotional state to focus on the negation of the action and, when without subjects, to denote the absence of agents, as an equivalent of indefinite pronouns "nobody" and "no one" in English
    (Cant.) 鬼gwai2同tung4你nei5講gong2笑siu3呀aa4而ji4家gaa1!
    (Eng.) Nobody is kidding with you now!
    (Cant.) 鬼gwai2知zi1佢keoi5搞gaau2咩me1唧zek1!
    (Eng.) God knows what he's doing.
    (Cant.) 鬼gwai2唔m4知zi1阿aa3媽maa1係hai6女neoi5人jan2咩me1!
    (Eng.) Oh, come on, who doesn't know that? (literally 'Ghosts don't know your mum is a woman!')
    (Cant.) 咁gam3難naan4,我ngo5鬼gwai2識sik1答daap3!
    (Eng.) It's so hard, I could never answer that!

  • intensifier following verbs which are usually monosyllabic and transitive, closer than 死 sei2 and suffices to the verb
    (Cant.) 佢keoi5哋dei6走zau2鬼gwai2晒saai3,攋laai6低dai1我ngo5一jat1個go3。
    (Eng.) They all goddamn went away and left me behind.
    (Cant.) 封fung1信seon3晨san4早zou2掉deu6鬼gwai2咗zo2啦laa1!
    (Eng.) The letter was thrown away a goddamn long time ago.
    (Cant.) 佢keoi5又jau6試si3玩waan2鬼gwai2我ngo5。
    (Eng.) He's making freaking fun of me again.
    (Cant.) 化faa3個go3噉gam2嘅ge3妝zong1都dou1有jau5嘅ge2?真zan1係hai6嚇haak3鬼gwai2死sei2人jan4嘍lo3。
    (Eng.) What kind of makeup is this? So deadly terrifying!
    (Cant.) 你nei5班baan1友jau2咁gam3冇mou5手sau2尾mei5㗎gaa3!同tung4我ngo5執zap1鬼gwai2埋maai4啲di1嘢je5佢keoi5啊aa3!
    (Eng.) You guys are so irresponsible! Goddammit, tidy up all the things (for me)!
    (Cant.) 晨san4早zou2搞gaau2鬼gwai2掂dim6喇laa3,等dang2你nei5嚟lai4都dou1蚊man1瞓fan3啦laa1。
    (Eng.) It was done a freaking long time ago already. It would've been too late to wait till you were done.

Reference: http://home.uchicago.edu/~andremormora/SuB%20handout.pdf http://jacksonllee.com/papers/BeltramaLee-SuB-paper.pdf http://www.ling.upenn.edu/Events/PLC/plc38/abstracts/Beltrama_Lee_PLC38.pdf
See also: 撚
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「鬼」

Entry #2
Pronunciation: gwai2
Part of Speech: noun
Explanation:
  • ghost; spirit (measure word: 隻)
    (Cant.) 猛鬼maang5 gwai2
    (Eng.) fierce ghost
    (Cant.) 女鬼neoi5 gwai2
    (Eng.) female ghost
    (Cant.) 鬼gwai2王wong4
    (Eng.) king of ghosts (in popular religion)
    (Cant.) 鬼屋gwai2 uk1
    (Eng.) haunted house
    (Cant.) 捉鬼zuk1 gwai2
    (Eng.) to catch a ghost
    (Cant.) 鬼gwai2啊aa3!
    (Eng.) Ghost!

  • traitor; spy within an organisation or a camp; the rat
    (Cant.) 我ngo5懷waai4疑ji4我ngo5哋dei6部bou6門mun4有jau5鬼gwai2放fong3料liu2畀bei2佢keoi5哋dei6。
    (Eng.) I suspect that there's a traitor in our department leaking information to them.
    (Cant.) 做zou6咩me1唔m4聽teng1指zi2示si6行hang4動dung6啊aa3?講gong2!你nei5係hai6咪mai6鬼gwai2?
    (Eng.) Why don't you follow the instructions? Answer me: Are you the rat?

  • (in ball games of teams, especially football, basketball) an opponent who is trying to steal the ball
    (Cant.) 小siu2心sam1,你nei5後hau6面min6有jau5鬼gwai2。
    (Eng.) Watch out! Someone's behind you.

  • joker (measure word: 隻)
    (Cant.) 喺hai2有jau5啲di1玩waan2法faat3入jap6面min6,大daai6鬼gwai2大daai6過gwo3細sai3鬼gwai2。
    (Eng.) In some games, the "big Joker" outranks the "little Joker".

See also: 幽魂 鬼魂 幽靈 魅 精靈 氣 神 奸鬼 叛逆 二五仔 叛徒 反骨仔
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「鬼」

Entry #3
Pronunciation: gwai2
Part of Speech: adjective
Explanation:
  • open to suspicion that one may be a traitor
    (Cant.) 條tiu4友jau2三saam1番faan1四sei3次ci3鬆sung1章zoeng1畀bei2對deoi3家gaa1,鬼gwai2到dou3爆baau3。
    (Eng.) This dude keeps making moves that benefit the opponent. So suspicious.

  • alike foreigners from the West, especially Caucasians
    (Cant.) 佢keoi5個go3樣joeng2鬼gwai2鬼gwai2哋dei2。
    (Eng.) He/she looks somewhat like a foreigner.

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「鬼」

Entry #4
Pronunciation: gwai2
Part of Speech: distinguishing word
Explanation:
awful; dreadful
(Cant.) 鬼國gwai2 gwok3
(Eng.) underworld; figuratively, awful country of thugs
(Cant.) 咪mai5再zoi3嚟lai4呢ni1個go3鬼gwai2地dei6方fong1喇laa3,成seng4地dei6垃laap6圾saap3。
(Eng.) Don't come to this damned place anymore—it's full of garbage.
See also: 乞人憎 可怕 厭惡 不得了 恐怖 惡劣 折服 畏懼 忌憚 怕 恐 懼怕
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「鬼」

Entry #5
Pronunciation: gwai2
Part of Speech: affix
Labels: Slang
Explanation:
  • derogatory or even offensive suffix to mean "person" or "guy"; sometimes also used in mock affectionate irritation
    (Cant.) 屎忽鬼si2 fat1 gwai2
    (Eng.) a general derogative with no specific meaning or gender; literally: ass ghost
    (Cant.) 大嘥鬼daai6 saai1 gwai2
    (Eng.) a derogative term for those that are wasteful; literally: big waste ghost
    (Cant.) 懶鬼laan5 gwai2
    (Eng.) a slacker; literally: lazy ghost
    (Cant.) 酒鬼zau2 gwai2
    (Eng.) a drunktard; literally: alcohol ghost
    (Cant.) 老鬼lou5 gwai2
    (Eng.) a colloquial and/or derogative term for those in a senior position; literally: old ghost
    (Cant.) 嘩鬼waa1 gwai2
    (Eng.) a derogative term against a rowdy crowd; literally: wow ghost
    (Cant.) 衰鬼seoi1 gwai2
    (Eng.) a term expressing irritation, mock affectionate irritation; used to refer to people who are intimate with the speaker; literally: bad ghost

  • a slang against foreigners from the West, especially Caucasians; its derogative tone has softened quite a lot in recent years
    (Cant.) 鬼佬gwai2 lou2
    (Eng.) a man of foreign origin; "gwei lo"; literally: ghost guy
    (Cant.) 鬼婆gwai2 po4
    (Eng.) a woman of foreign origin; literally: ghost granny
    (Cant.) 鬼仔gwai2 zai2
    (Eng.) a boy, or, a young male, of foreign origin; literally: ghost boy
    (Cant.) 鬼妹gwai2 mui1
    (Eng.) a girl, or a young female, of foreign origin; literally: ghost girl
    (Cant.) 黑鬼hak1 gwai1
    (Eng.) slang for those of African descent and with dark skin tone; literally: black ghost

  • infix between adverbs, including 咁 gam3, 好 hou2, 幾 gei2, 勁 ging6 or 最 zeoi3, and adjectives to denote a strong degree
    (Cant.) 咁鬼gam3 gwai2
    (Eng.) so
    (Cant.) 好鬼hou2 gwai2
    (Eng.) so; very
    (Cant.) 幾鬼gei2 gwai2
    (Eng.) quite
    (Cant.) 佢keoi5真zan1係hai6勁ging6鬼gwai2搞gaau2嘢je5嘅ge3唧zek1。
    (Eng.) He really knows how to make things fun.
    (Cant.) 我ngo5最zeoi3鬼gwai2鍾zung1意ji3食sik6叉caa1燒siu1㗎gaa3嘞laak3。
    (Eng.) I really do love Chinese style roast pork the most.

  • infix between negation adverbs like 唔 m4 and 咪 mai5, and verbs / adjectives to intensify negation; "not ... at all"; "extremely not"
    (Cant.) 唔m4鬼gwai2知zi1佢keoi5嚟lai4唔m4嚟lai4啊aa3!
    (Eng.) How would I know whether she will come?
    (Cant.) 睇tai2佢keoi5個go3樣joeng2就zau6知zi1佢keoi5唔m4鬼gwai2掂dim6啦laa1!
    (Eng.) Just by looking at him, you can tell that he's not capable at all.
    (Cant.) 咪mai5鬼gwai2嘈cou4啦laa1。
    (Eng.) Please shut up.
    (Cant.) 你nei5咪mai5鬼gwai2信seon3佢keoi5唧zek1!
    (Eng.) You should never ever trust him!

  • affixed to negate any adjective or verb with a positive or affirmative connotation, after its first syllable; "not ... at all"; "extremely not"
    (Cant.) 有jau5鬼gwai2錢cin2
    (Eng.) not goddamn rich at all
    (Cant.) 多do1鬼gwai2謝ze6
    (Eng.) thank you (with a rising intonation)
    (Cant.) 你nei5唔m4喺hai2佢keoi5身san1邊bin1,佢keoi5開hoi1鬼gwai2心sam1呀aa4!
    (Eng.) Without you by her side, how could she really be happy?
    (Cant.) 冇mou5練lin6咁gam3耐noi6,退teoi3步bou6咗zo2好hou2多do1喇laa3,犀sai1鬼gwai2利lei6咩me1。
    (Eng.) I haven't practiced in a while and I'm quite rusty, not skilled at all.
    (Cant.) 抽cau1到dou2超ciu1市si5禮lai5券hyun3之zi1嘛maa3,巴baa1鬼gwai2閉bai3噉gam2。
    (Eng.) You only got supermarket vouchers from that prize-draw, what's the big deal?
    (Cant.) 我ngo5成seng4幾gei2廿jaa6歲seoi3人jan4喇laa3喎wo3,靚leng3鬼gwai2呀aa4?咪mai5氹tam3我ngo5啦laa1。
    (Eng.) I'm middle-aged already and you call me gorgeous? Come on, don't flatter me.

  • infix used to strengthen the negative connotation after the first syllable of certain non-positive adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, or predicate-object compound verbs
    (Cant.) 麻maa4鬼gwai2煩faan4
    (Eng.) to be very troublesome
    (Cant.) 求kau4鬼gwai2其kei4
    (Eng.) to be very venial
    (Cant.) 費fai3鬼gwai2事si6
    (Eng.) to not be bothered
    (Cant.) 黑haak1鬼gwai2心sam1
    (Eng.) to be very evil
    (Cant.) 邋laat6鬼gwai2遢taat3
    (Eng.) to be very dirty
    (Cant.) 肉juk6鬼gwai2酸syun1
    (Eng.) to be very ugly or a real drab
    (Cant.) 核wat6鬼gwai2突dat6
    (Eng.) to be very disgusting
    (Cant.) 多do1鬼gwai2餘jyu4
    (Eng.) to be very redundant
    (Cant.) 無mou4鬼gwai2聊liu4
    (Eng.) to express the trivialty and meaninglessness of something
    (Cant.) 老lou5鬼gwai2土tou2
    (Eng.) to be very unfashionable
    (Cant.) 自zi6鬼gwai2私si1
    (Eng.) to be very selfish
    (Cant.) 黐ci1鬼gwai2筋gan1
    (Eng.) to be bat-shit insane
    (Cant.) 黐ci1鬼gwai2線sin3
    (Eng.) to be bat-shit insane
    (Cant.) 冇mou5鬼gwai2用jung6
    (Eng.) to be completely useless
    (Cant.) 矇mung4鬼gwai2查caa4查caa4
    (Eng.) to have a very muddled state of mind
    (Cant.) 是si6鬼gwai2爛laan6但daan6
    (Eng.) whatso-freaking-ever
    (Cant.) 成seng4鬼gwai2日jat6
    (Eng.) for something to happen in an annoyingly high frequency
    (Cant.) 乜mat1鬼gwai2
    (Eng.) what the heck
    (Cant.) 咩me1鬼gwai2
    (Eng.) what the heck
    (Cant.) 乜mat1鬼gwai2嘢je5
    (Eng.) what the heck
    (Cant.) 邊bin1鬼gwai2個go3
    (Eng.) who the hell
    (Cant.) 邊bin1鬼gwai2度dou6
    (Eng.) where the hell
    (Cant.) 點dim2鬼gwai2樣joeng2
    (Eng.) how the hell
    (Cant.) 點dim2鬼gwai2解gaai2
    (Eng.) why the hell
    (Cant.) 邊bin1鬼gwai2……(後接量詞,例如「本」)
    (Eng.) which the hell (preceding quantifiers e.g. 本 bun2)
    (Cant.) 點dim2鬼gwai2……(後接動詞,例如「知」、「算」、「做」、「搞」)
    (Eng.) how the hell ... (preceding verbs e.g. 知 zi1, 算 syun3, 做 zou6 or 搞 gaau2)
    (Cant.) 一jat1諗nam2起hei2佢keoi5就zau6激gik1鬼gwai2氣hei3。
    (Eng.) I get really upset whenever I think of him.
    (Cant.) 封fung1信seon3同tung4張zoeng1相soeng2留lau4嚟lai4棧zaan2谷guk1鬼gwai2氣hei3!
    (Eng.) Keeping the letters and photos only makes me angrier!
    (Cant.) 睬coi2佢keoi5都dou1嘥saai1鬼gwai2氣hei3。
    (Eng.) Responding to him/paying him any attention is a waste of time.

Reference: http://www.aclweb.org/anthology/Y10-1102
See also: 撚
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