衰鬼
seoi1 gwai2shuāi guǐ
English
- an intimate way to call someone a "bad person
- rascal
- scoundrel
- devil"
- a term expressing irritation, mock affectionate irritation; used to refer to people who are intimate with the speaker; literally: bad ghost
粵語 — Cantonese
- 對比較熟悉嘅人用嘅稱呼，用嚟表達對佢嘅不滿，但通常只係戲謔（量詞：個／隻）
Examples
衰鬼豆
a pest
你個衰鬼老細咁煩㗎，收咗工仲係咁出短訊叫你做嘢？
Why does your pesky boss keep sending messages to order you to work after work hours?
你個衰鬼，做乜好日唔嚟揾下我？呢排去咗邊度發財呀？
Hey, where have you been lately? It seems like I haven't seen you around recently.
Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk