鬼gwai2叫giu3

English

1. (coll.) to holler; to squawk
2. to state what is to be blamed for, often used with 咩 me1 at sentence end; literally: the ghost told you to

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 喺埋怨嘅時候，用嚟帶出該狀況由咩事引起，好多時句尾配「咩」

Examples

• 鬼叫你唔去咩，而家唔夠人嘞。

  It's your fault for not going; now we're short-handed.

• 啲風聲有啲恐怖，聽落好似鬼叫噉。

  The wind sounds scary, like screaming ghosts.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 鬼叫我細個唔讀書，而家咁低學歷邊度都唔請。

  I regret neglecting my studies as a young person; now, my low education makes it hard to find employment.

• 風聲有點恐怖，聽起來好像鬼叫一般。

  The wind sounds scary, like screaming ghosts.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY