粵

魔mo1鬼gwai2

mo1 gwai2mó guǐ

English

  1. devil
  2. evil-minded
  3. devil; demon

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 喺好多宗教入面泛指同善良嘅神相對嘅邪惡主宰;引申為「邪惡嘅人或者物」嘅意思

Examples

  • 魔鬼想方設法使人採納佢嘅詭計,搞個所謂基督教嘅名義畀呢啲節日,目的係要羞辱偉大嘅耶和華上帝。 佢嘅陰謀得逞咗。

    The devil finds ways to get people to adopt his tricks and give these festivals in the name of so-called Christianity, with the aim of humiliating the great Jehovah God. His plot succeeded.

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 「點解,你咁可疑?」「我嘅意思係,突然間叫人信魔界同魔鬼呢啲嘢係好奇怪。」

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 冲动是魔鬼。

    Impulsiveness is the devil.

    Tatoeba · fenfang557 CC BY

  • 魔鬼逼我这么做的。

    The Devil made me do it.

    Tatoeba · tommyfang95 CC BY

  • 我在给魔鬼当辩护士。

    I'm just playing the devil's advocate.

    Tatoeba · verdastelo9604 CC BY

  • 這人把靈魂賣給魔鬼。

    The man sold his soul to the devil.

    Tatoeba · verdastelo9604 CC BY

  • 阿松抵受唔住魔鬼引誘走咗去買鹹濕書。

    Ah Chung couldn't resist the Devil's temptation and bought some porn books.

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

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