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Jyutping zou6 gwai2
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Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to play tricks
  2. to cheat
  3. to get up to mischief
  4. to become a ghost
  5. to give up the ghost
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, colloquial
    to die; to become a ghost
    (syn.) 死人, 早死, 傾亡, 故世, 升天, 斃命, 入寂, 呜呼, 死脱, 故, 翹辮子, 离世, 過身, 上路, 下世, 歸道山, 身亡, 倾亡, 物化, 回老家, 丧命, 作古, 闭眼, 消忒, 病故, 亡故, 驾鹤西游, 就义, 過去, 走去踮, 盡命, 倾世, 凋謝, 丧生, 毕命, 被難, 走, 棄世, 過往, 陨落, 駕崩, 归天, 歸西, 不在, 仙游, 終, 过去, 圓寂, 去世, 宾天, 枯死, 見背, 進棺材, 過世, 百年歸老, 过世, 死, 駕鶴西遊, 薨逝, 长眠, 归西, 被难, 長眠, 嗝屁, 嗚呼, 崩殂, 崩, 翘辫子, 閉眼, 龍馭上賓, 归道山, 歸天, 弃世, 晏驾, 隕落, 故去, 死掉, 辭世, 终, 傾世, 驾鹤西去, 合眼, 沒世, 挂, 死翹翹, 病逝, 丧亡, 寿终正寝, 見閻王, 掛, 绝, 往生, 毙命, 仙逝, 長山賣鴨卵, 嚥氣, 殞, 死脫, 晏駕, 駕鶴西去, 老了, 仙遊, 凋谢, 忽然, 咽气, 上天, 尽命, 进棺材, 见阎王, 气绝, 小喇叭儿吹了, 不幸, 喪命, 薨, 见背, 就義, 永眠, 驾崩, 辞世, 賓天, 畢命, 氣絕, 小喇叭兒吹了, 喪生, 龙驭上宾, 死去, 安息, 即世, 死翘翘, 過面, 过往, 安眠, 離世, 圆寂, 死亡, 长山卖鸭卵, 殒, 喪亡, 壽終正寢, 百年归老, 絕, 过身, 逝世, 过面, 没世
  2. verb, colloquial
    to play tricks; to get into mischief
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    做鬼做马
    做鬼做馬
    zou6 gwai2 zou6 maa5
    • it can't be done; it's meaningless to put effort
  2. Cantonese
    世界各地嘅民间传说都有话畀人害死而带有仇恨嘅人会变做鬼魂 返嚟报复。
    世界各地嘅民間傳説都有話畀人害死而帶有仇恨嘅人會變做鬼魂 返嚟報復。
    yue:世界各地嘅民間傳説都有話畀人害死而帶有仇恨嘅人會變做鬼魂 返嚟報復。
    • Folklore all over the world says that people holding grudge for being killed unjustly will return as ghosts for revenge.
  3. Cantonese
    睇又唔睇得,打又唔打得,你真系做鬼都唔灵。
    睇又唔睇得,打又唔打得,你真係做鬼都唔靈。
    tai2 jau6 m4 tai2 dak1, daa2 jau6 m4 daa2 dak1, nei5 zan1 hai6 zou6 gwai2 dou1 m4 leng4.
    • You are not handsome, and you can't fight, you have a complete failure in life.
  4. Cantonese
    虽然啲人叫啤酒做鬼佬凉茶,但系你都唔好饮咁多,因住有啤酒肚呀!
    雖然啲人叫啤酒做鬼佬涼茶,但係你都唔好飲咁多,因住有啤酒肚呀!
    seoi1 jin4 di1 jan4 giu3 be1 zau2 zou6 gwai2 lou2 loeng4 caa4, daan6 hai6 nei5 dou1 m4 hou2 jam2 gam2 do1, jan1 zyu6 jau5 be1 zau2 tou5 aa3!
    • They call beer "Westerners' herbal tea", but don't drink too much or you'll get a beer belly.