走鬼 [－－]

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Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. unlicensed street vendor
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. unlicensed street stall vendors to escape from officers (Cantonese)
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    逃避​執​法人​員​，​通常​係​指街​邊​嘅​無​牌​小​販
    to flee from law enforcement, usually referring to illegal hawkers; literally "to flee ghosts"
    • 食環嚟喇，走鬼呀！
      食环嚟喇，走鬼呀！
      sik6 waan4 lai4 laa3, zau2 gwai2 aa3!
      Hawker cops are here. Run!
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, Cantonese, of an illegal hawker
    to abandon one's roadside stall and flee when hawker control teams are imminent
    • 走鬼呀，快啲走喇，个魁斗冇人情讲㗎！
      走鬼呀，快啲走喇，个魁斗冇人情讲㗎！
      zau2 gwai2 aa3, faai3 di1 zau2 laa3, go3 fui1 dau2 mou5 jan4 cing4 gong2 gaa3!
      Run! Run quickly! Those gweilo won't be so kind!
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. 躲警察
  2. 警察來了 – 警察来了
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢哋走鬼晒，𪮶低我一个。
    佢哋走鬼晒，攋低我一個。
    keoi5 dei6 zau2 gwai2 saai3, laai6 dai1 ngo5 jat1 go3.
    • They all goddamn went away and left me behind.
  2. Cantonese
    食环嚟喇，走鬼呀！
    食環嚟喇，走鬼呀！
    sik6 waan4 lai4 laa3, zau2 gwai2 aa3!
    • Hawker cops are here. Run!
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Cantonese
    走鬼呀，快啲走喇，个魁斗冇人情讲㗎！
    走鬼呀，快啲走喇，个魁斗冇人情讲㗎！
    zau2 gwai2 aa3, faai3 di1 zau2 laa3, go3 fui1 dau2 mou5 jan4 cing4 gong2 gaa3!
    • Run! Run quickly! Those gweilo won't be so kind!