英语单词趣味谈:25个与鬼有关的词汇

来源:育路山东教育网发布时间:2012-05-30

    I‘m particularly fond of affix characters in Chinese, and what more vibrant an example than 鬼 guǐ (“ghost; devil”)?

    魔鬼 móguǐ (“evil devil”) – demon懒鬼 lǎnguǐ (“lazy devil”) – lazybones酒鬼 jiǔguǐ (“alcohol ghost”) – alcoholic; drunkard醉鬼 zuìguǐ (“drunk devil”) – drunkard烟鬼 yānguǐ (“smoke devil”) – opium addict; chain smoker调皮鬼 tiáopíguǐ (“naughty devil”) – naughty child捣蛋鬼 dǎodànguǐ (“make-trouble devil”) – same as #6吸血鬼 xīxuèguǐ (“suck-blood devil”) – vampire鬼佬 guǐlǎo (“devil old-guy”) – foreigner (usually derogatory)

    胆小鬼 dǎnxiǎoguǐ (“small-gut devil”) – coward; chicken二鬼子 èrguǐzi (“two-ghost-thing”) - a “banana” – someone yellow (Asian) on the outside but white (Caucasian) on the inside (derogatory)*短命鬼 duǎnmìngguǐ (“short-life devil”) – someone who dies at a young age赌鬼 dǔguǐ (“gambling ghost”) – gambling addict饿鬼 èguǐ (“hungry ghost”) – someone who is always hungry; someone with a big appetite机灵鬼 jīlingguǐ (“clever ghost”) – clever person胡涂鬼 hútuguǐ (“confused ghost”) – someone who often seems confused and/or stupid色鬼 sèguǐ (“lust ghost”) – lecher; person who engages in sexual excess (no exact word for this in English perhaps?)

    厉鬼 lìguǐ (“terrible ghost”) – evil spirit馋鬼 chánguǐ (“gluttonous ghost”) – pig (someone who eats too much)

    催命鬼 cuīmìngguǐ (“prodding ghost”) – someone who keeps pushing people to do things; a nagger死鬼 sǐguǐ (“dead ghost”) – a negative but playful term used between spouses鬼子 guǐzi (“devil-thing”) – foreign devil (derogatory)

    鬼怪 guǐguài (“ghost-monster”) – ghosts and monsters见鬼 jiànguǐ (“see ghost”) – go to Hell!

    鬼知道 guǐ zhīdào (“ghost knows”) – Heaven knows!

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