粵

冤jyun1鬼gwai2

jyun1 gwai2yuān guǐ

English

  1. ghost with bad luck
  2. one who sticks with another person all the time
  3. one who keeps pestering or troubling another person
  4. the ghost of a person who was unjustly killed, as its death was full of grudge, it will stalk the killer for a revenge; fig. a person who stalks another person, a stalker. Literally: vengeful ghost.

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 指喺冤屈中死去嘅人化成嘅鬼,由於怨念大,會一直跟住仇人等待報復。引伸指不斷纏繞追蹤目標嘅跟蹤者。

Examples

  • 你成隻冤鬼咁跟足我一日做乜嘢?究竟想點?

    Why did you stalk me like a vengeful ghost for the whole day? What do you want?

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

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