鬼佬
guǐ lǎo
Pinyin

Definition

鬼佬
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guǐ lǎo
  1. foreigner (Cantonese)
  2. Westerner

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

鬼
guǐ
  1. 1 ghost
  2. 2 demon
  3. 3 terrible
  4. 4 damnable
  5. 5 clever
  6. 6 sly
  7. 7 crafty
  8. 8 (suffix for sb with a certain vice or addiction etc)
  9. 9 one of the 28 constellations
魔鬼
mó guǐ
  1. 1 devil
吸血鬼
xī xuè guǐ
  1. 1 leech
  2. 2 bloodsucking vermin
  3. 3 vampire (translated European notion)
  4. 4 fig. cruel exploiter, esp. a capitalist exploiting the workers
基佬
jī lǎo
  1. 1 (slang) gay guy
大佬
dà lǎo
  1. 1 big shot (leading some field or group)
  2. 2 godfather
小气鬼
xiǎo qì guǐ
  1. 1 miser
  2. 2 penny-pincher
小鬼
xiǎo guǐ
  1. 1 little demon (term of endearment for a child)
  2. 2 mischievous child
  3. 3 imp
死鬼
sǐ guǐ
  1. 1 devil
  2. 2 You devil! (as joke or insult)
  3. 3 the departed
胆小鬼
dǎn xiǎo guǐ
  1. 1 coward
见鬼
jiàn guǐ
  1. 1 curse it!
  2. 2 to hell with it!
赌鬼
dǔ guǐ
  1. 1 gambling addict
酒鬼
jiǔ guǐ
  1. 1 drunkard
醉鬼
zuì guǐ
  1. 1 drunkard
鬼佬
guǐ lǎo
  1. 1 foreigner (Cantonese)
  2. 2 Westerner
鬼子
guǐ zi
  1. 1 devils
  2. 2 refers to 日本鬼子, wartime term insult for Japanese
鬼屋
guǐ wū
  1. 1 haunted house
鬼怪
guǐ guài
  1. 1 hobgoblin
  2. 2 bogey
  3. 3 phantom
鬼混
guǐ hùn
  1. 1 to hang around
  2. 2 to fool around
  3. 3 to live aimlessly
鬼脸
guǐ liǎn
  1. 1 wry face
  2. 2 to grimace
  3. 3 to pull a face
  4. 4 comic face
  5. 5 face mask
  6. 6 devil mask
鬼话
guǐ huà
  1. 1 lie
  2. 2 false words
  3. 3 nonsense
  4. 4 CL:篇[piān]

Idioms (18)

五鬼闹判
wǔ guǐ nào pàn
  1. 1 Five ghosts mock the judge, or Five ghosts resist judgment (title of folk opera, idiom); important personage mobbed by a crowd of ne'er-do-wells
引鬼上门
yǐn guǐ shàng mén
  1. 1 to invite the devil to one's house (idiom)
  2. 2 to introduce a potential source of trouble
心中有鬼
xīn zhōng yǒu guǐ
  1. 1 to harbor ulterior motives (idiom)
敬鬼神而远之
jìng guǐ shén ér yuǎn zhī
  1. 1 to respect Gods and demons from a distance (idiom); to remain at a respectful distance
有钱能使鬼推磨
yǒu qián néng shǐ guǐ tuī mò
  1. 1 lit. money will make the Devil turn millstones (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. with money, you can do anything you like
狼号鬼哭
láng háo guǐ kū
  1. 1 lit. wolves howling, devils groaning (idiom); pathetic screams
神出鬼没
shén chū guǐ mò
  1. 1 lit. to appear and disappear unpredictably like a spirit or a ghost (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. elusive
神工鬼斧
shén gōng guǐ fǔ
  1. 1 supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods
  2. 2 uncanny workmanship
  3. 3 superlative craftsmanship
神差鬼使
shén chāi guǐ shǐ
  1. 1 the work of gods and devils (idiom); unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation
  2. 2 curious coincidence
装神弄鬼
zhuāng shén nòng guǐ
  1. 1 lit. dress up as God, play the devil (idiom); fig. to mystify
  2. 2 to deceive people
  3. 3 to scam
阎王好见，小鬼难当
Yán wáng hǎo jiàn , xiǎo guǐ nán dāng
  1. 1 lit. standing in front of the King of Hell is easy, but smaller devils are difficult to deal with (idiom)
鬼使神差
guǐ shǐ shén chāi
  1. 1 demons and gods at work (idiom); unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation
  2. 2 curious coincidence
鬼哭狼嚎
guǐ kū láng háo
  1. 1 to wail like ghosts and howl like wolves (idiom)
鬼怕恶人
guǐ pà è rén
  1. 1 lit. ghosts are afraid of evil too
  2. 2 an evil person fears someone even more evil (idiom)
鬼斧神工
guǐ fǔ shén gōng
  1. 1 supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods
  2. 2 uncanny workmanship
  3. 3 superlative craftsmanship
鬼由心生
guǐ yóu xīn shēng
  1. 1 devils are born in the heart (idiom)
  2. 2 fears originate in the mind
鬼计多端
guǐ jì duō duān
  1. 1 full of devilish tricks and cunning stratagems (idiom)
  2. 2 sly
  3. 3 crafty
  4. 4 malicious
鬼话连篇
guǐ huà lián piān
  1. 1 to tell one lie after another (idiom)
  2. 2 to talk nonsense
  3. 3 bogus story

Sample Sentences

鬼佬
guǐlǎo
foreign devil
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