粵

好hou2鬼gwai2

hou2 gwai2hǎo guǐ

English

  1. very, so
  2. quite; very; literally: very ghost

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 幾咁~,十分之咁~;比好鬼死弱一點,比幾咁強一點

Examples

  • 幾時食飯呀?好鬼肚餓呀!

    When are we eating? I'm hungry!

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 我返到屋企嗰陣好鬼肚餓。

    When I got home, I was very hungry.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 呢個鉛筆刨好鬼渣,刨幾刨啲鉛筆就斷。

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 以前間商場好鬼多嘢食㗎,家陣乜都唔曬嘞。

    Tatoeba · thesilhouette CC BY

  • 你真係好鬼醒目嘅唧。

    You're such a smart person.

  • 呢個老細真係好鬼孤寒,對員工好刻薄,連原子筆用量都要計住。

    This boss is so very miserly, he is mean to the staff, even the usage of ball pens are under monitor.

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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