孤魂野鬼 [－－－－]

Jyutping gu1 wan4 je5 gwai2
Pinyin gū hún yě guǐ

Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    華人​傳​説​中​，​人​死於非命​或​臨終​有心​願​未了​，​又​得​唔​到​超渡​，​死​後​就​無法​輪​迴​轉世​，​鬼魂​會​一直​留響​人間​直到​祖屋​同後代​都​唔​再​存在​，​就會​成為​無人​祭祀​、​無處​可​去​嘅​鬼魂
    In Chinese myth, if a person is died by accident or one has wishes that didn't fulfilled, and didn't receive any relief in a praying rite for the dead, one cannot go into transmigrate and the ghost would stuck in the living world, if later one's descendants and the house he lived are all gone, it would turn into a wild ghost that have no place to go and receiving no offer from any worship; literally, lonely spirit wild ghost
  2. 近義詞
    無主孤魂、遊魂野鬼

孤魂野鬼 [－－－－]

Jyutping
Pinyin gū hún yě guǐ

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. wandering ghosts without living descendants to pray for them (idiom)
  2. person who has no family or friends to rely on
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    路祭好多时会洒溪钱，用嚟收买现场嘅孤魂野鬼，希望佢地唔好搞事主。
    路祭好多時會灑溪錢，用嚟收買現場嘅孤魂野鬼，希望佢地唔好搞事主。
    lou6 zai3 hou2 do1 si4 wui5 saa2 kai1 cin4, jung6 lai4 sau1 maai5 jin6 coeng4 ge3 gu1 wan4 je5 gwai2, hei1 mong6 keoi5 dei6 m4 hou2 gaau2 si6 zyu2.
    • In roadside mourning paper coins are often spread on the scene to bribe the homeless ghosts around, in a hope that they will leave the victim alone.