| 鬼 | 1219B30 91.70 | 部居  | 畫數 10 | ㄍㄨㄟˇ [gui3] | ||
| N. | (1) A ghost, goblin: 鬼怪 evil spirits; 鬼物 phantoms; 鬼魅 demons; 疑神疑鬼 distrustful, suspicious (lit., “imagining seeing ghosts everywhere”); 鬼使神差 at the behest of supernatural powers; 鬼哭神（狼）號 terrifying cries; 鬼魂 disembodied spirits; 這屋子鬧鬼 the house is haunted. (2) A term of abuse for any ignoble character: 死鬼 you damn fool; 老鬼 an old fool; 冒失鬼 a daredevil; 餓鬼 a glutton; 鴉片鬼 an opium addict; 癆病鬼 a tuberculous person; 小器鬼 a mean miser; 勢利鬼 a bootlicker, toady; 窮鬼 a pauper, poor satyr, devil, church mouse; 色鬼 a satyr, sex maniac; 酒鬼，醉鬼 a drunkard; 冤鬼 the ghost of a person whose violent death has yet to be avenged; 洋琴鬼 a player of pop music in night clubs. (3) A surname. | |||||
| Adj. | (1) Tricky, deceitful, mischievous: 鬼計多端 wily and mischievous; 鬼胎 [gui3tai1]↓; 鬼鬼祟祟 malicious, demonical, devilish; 鬼頭鬼腦 secretive, furtive, stealthy; 弄鬼 playing tricks; 搗鬼 instigate trouble. (2) Clever, crafty, artful: 鬼黠 [gui3xia2]↓; 鬼機伶兒 devilishly clever; 鬼聰明 ditto; 鬼才 the devil of a genius, clever like a devil. (3) Unbelievable, false: 鬼話 outright lies. | |||||
| Words | 1. 鬼道 [gui3dao4], n., (1) witchcraft, sorcery; (2) (Budd.) the way of destiny of hungry ghosts. 2. 鬼燈檠 [gui3deng1qing2], n., (bot.) edible tulip, Tulipa edulis. 3. 鬼斧 [gui3fu3], adj., as in 鬼斧神工 extremely skillful or “divine” workmanship. 4. 鬼混 [gui3hun4], v.i., (1) take a devil-may-care attitude; (2) make nuisance for others. 5. 鬼火 [gui2huo3], n., a will-o’-the-wisp. 6. 鬼節 [gui3jie2], n., the ghost festival on the 15th day of the 7th lunar month (cf. All Souls’ Day). 7. 鬼臉（兒） [gui2lian3] ([gui3lia3er0]), n., (1) grimaces: 做鬼臉 make grimaces; (2) a mask. 8. 鬼錄 [gui3lu4], n., a register of the names of the dead supposedly kept in the nether world. 9. 鬼門關 [gui3men2guan1], n., (1) the Styx; (2) the jaws of death. 10. 鬼黠 [gui3xia2], adj., sly, crafty. 11. 鬼市 [gui3shi4], n., (1) an unlighted night fair; (2) a marketplace where ghosts are said to congregate. 12. 鬼祟 [gui3sui4], (1) v.i., & adj., (of house) (be) haunted; (2) adj., (of conduct) dishonorable, tricky, intriguing. 13. 鬼胎 [gui3tai1], n., evil plots, dark schemes: 懷著鬼胎 fearful with a guilty conscience. 14. 鬼頭 [gui3tou0], adj., (of children or things) cute: 鬼頭鬼腦 secretive, stealthy; 鬼頭刀 [gui3tou0dao1], n., formerly, a sword for beheading persons sentenced to death. 15. 鬼子 [gui3zi0], n., (abusive) a devil: 洋鬼子 a “foreign devil.” 16. 鬼影 [gui2ying3], n., an apparition: 正要找他，他鬼影也不見了 just as I wanted to see him, he had vanished without a trace. 17. 鬼蜮 [gui3yU4], n. & adj., (a) scheming and malicious (person): 鬼蜮技（伎）倆 malicious intrigues, underhanded tricks. | |||||