粵

什sam6麼mo1鬼gwai2

simp什么鬼
sam6 mo1 gwai2shén me guǐ

English

  1. (coll.) what the hell?; what on earth? (expression of confusion, disbelief or annoyance)

Examples

  • 你在搞什么鬼。

    What the devil are you doing?

    Tatoeba · billt_estates CC BY

  • 你在说什么鬼话?

    What the hell are you talking about?

    Tatoeba · sadhen CC BY

  • 這輛有點怪的車讓我脫口而出"那是什麼鬼東西啊?"

    It was the sort of weird car that made me want to blurt out, "what the heck is that?"

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese

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