撞鬼
zong2 gwai2zhuàng guǐ
English
- to encounter a ghost or supernatural being
- (interjection) can be translated loosely as 'Holy crap!'
- (coll.) to experience sth strange, eerie or unlucky
- 'Jesus!'
- 'damn you!', an exclamatory phrase used when something bad has happened; (phrasal verb) being possessed by evil spirits; to be out of luck; to be down on one's luck
- to describe the scene when one meet mistunfortune, accident or bad happens suddenly, or made an involuntarily mistake, just like irritated by a ghost. Literally: to encounter a ghost
- an exclamation of surprise, mild shock, or irritation, like "blast!", "whoops!"; "damn!".
粵語 — Cantonese
- 形容遇到不幸嘅事、突發壞事、或發生不由自主嘅失誤,就好似受到鬼魂影響咁樣
- 抒發感情果陣用嘅,多數係遇到突發而令人驚訝、中度震驚、滋擾嘅事
Examples
撞鬼囉!我個銀包呢?
Damn ! Where's my wallet ?
我今朝好似撞鬼咁,唔見咗個銀包仲差啲俾車撞親。
It seems I was haunted this morning, I lost my wallet and then nearly hit by a car.
撞鬼你咩?今日第三次打爛嘢喇,唔舒服就去睇醫生啦。
What's wrong with you? This is the third time you've broken something. If you're not feeling well, you should go see a doctor. ----
Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk