粵

嚇haak3鬼gwai2

simp吓鬼
haak3 gwai2xià guǐ

English

  1. to scare the ghost, who are you trying to scare?
  2. to bluff, hoping to scare off someone; literally: to scare ghost
  3. to scare someone

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 虛張聲勢,希望令對手知難而退
  2. 做一啲行為令人驚恐

Examples

  • 痴線嘎,做咩嚇鬼我?人嚇人冇藥醫㗎。

    Why did you scare me like that? There's no cure for humans scaring each other.

  • 你嚇鬼呀?冇用㗎。我一早睇穿你冇料到㗎啦。

    Trying to scare me off? No chance. I saw through your tricks long ago. ----

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

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