粵

撞zong2鬼gwai2

zong2 gwai2zhuàng guǐ

English

  1. to encounter a ghost or supernatural being
  2. (interjection) can be translated loosely as 'Holy crap!'
  3. (coll.) to experience sth strange, eerie or unlucky
  4. 'Jesus!'
  5. '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
  6. 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
  7. an exclamation of surprise, mild shock, or irritation, like "blast!", "whoops!"; "damn!".

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 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
  2. 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

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