­­　　老師總結(jié)了常用英語口語中25個(gè)與“鬼”有關(guān)的詞以及它們的地道英語說法，對學(xué)中文的老外和學(xué)英語的中國人都非常有用哦~

­　　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

­　　懶鬼 lǎnguǐ (“lazy devil”) – lazybones

­　　酒鬼 jiǔguǐ (“alcohol ghost”) – alcoholic; drunkard

­　　醉鬼 zuìguǐ (“drunk devil”) – drunkard

­　　煙鬼 yānguǐ (“smoke devil”) – opium addict; chain smoker

­　　調(diào)皮鬼 tiáopíguǐ (“naughty devil”) – naughty child

­　　搗蛋鬼 dǎodànguǐ (“make-trouble devil”) – same as #6

­　　吸血鬼 xīxuèguǐ (“suck-blood devil”) – vampire

­　　鬼佬 guǐlǎo (“devil old-guy”) – foreigner (usually derogatory)

­　　膽小鬼 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

­　　賭鬼 dǔguǐ (“gambling ghost”) – gambling addict

­　　餓鬼 èguǐ (“hungry ghost”) – someone who is always hungry; someone with a big appetite

­　　機(jī)靈鬼 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?)

­　　厲鬼 lìguǐ (“terrible ghost”) – evil spirit

­　　饞鬼 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

­　　見鬼 jiànguǐ (“see ghost”) – go to Hell!

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