与鬼有关的词汇 Chinese, 地道英语, 中国人, 中文, 的

兰海琛

这是澳大利亚人Carl在他的博客“一步一个脚印”里发表的文章，总结了中文里25个与“鬼”有关的词以及它们的地道英语说法，对学中文的老外和学英语的中国人都非常有用哦~　　I’m particularly fond of affix characters in Chinese, and what more vibrant an example than 鬼 guǐ (“ghost; devil”)？ 　　魔鬼  (“evil devil”) – demon 　　懒鬼(“lazy devil”) – lazybones 　　酒鬼  (“alcohol ghost”) – alcoholic; drunkard 　　醉鬼  (“drunk devil”) – drunkard 　　烟鬼 (“smoke devil”) – opium addict; chain smoker 　　调皮鬼(“naughty devil”) – naughty child 　　捣蛋鬼  (“make-trouble devil”) – same as #6 　　吸血鬼  (“suck-blood devil”) – vampire 　　鬼佬(“devil old-guy”) – foreigner (usually derogatory) 　　胆小鬼  (“small-gut devil”) – coward; chicken 　　二鬼子(“two-ghost-thing”) - a “banana” – someone yellow (Asian) on the outside but white (Caucasian) on the inside (derogatory)* 　　短命鬼  (“short-life devil”) – someone who dies at a young age 　　赌鬼  (“gambling ghost”) – gambling addict 　　饿鬼  (“hungry ghost”) – someone who is always hungry; someone with a big appetite 　　机灵鬼  (“clever ghost”) – clever person 　　胡涂鬼  (“confused ghost”) – someone who often seems confused and/or stupid 　　色鬼  (“lust ghost”) – lecher; person who engages in sexual excess (no exact word for this in English perhaps?) 　　厉鬼  (“terrible ghost”) – evil spirit 　　馋鬼  (“gluttonous ghost”) – pig (someone who eats too much) 　　催命鬼  (“prodding ghost”) – someone who keeps pushing people to do things; a nagger 　　死鬼 (“dead ghost”) – a negative but playful term used between spouses 　　鬼子(“devil-thing”) – foreign devil (derogatory) 　　鬼怪(“ghost-monster”) – ghosts and monsters 　　见鬼  (“see ghost”) – go to Hell! 　　鬼知道 (“ghost knows”) – Heaven knows! 新东方淘来的

tingroom

很有趣哦。

kobe

I am a lazy devil