粵

吸kap1血hyut3鬼gwai2

kap1 hyut3 gwai2xī xuè guǐ

English

  1. leech
  2. vampire ----
  3. bloodsucking vermin
  4. leech; bloodsucker; someone who extorts large profit from others
  5. vampire (translated European notion)
  6. fig. cruel exploiter, esp. a capitalist exploiting the workers

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 歐洲傳説入面,一種喺夜晚會返生走去吸血維生嘅不死生物(量詞:隻)
  2. 引申指收費好貴,榨乾人啲錢嘅商人(量詞:隻)

Examples

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

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