英语单词趣谈：与“鬼”有关的词汇

Yuki1230

　

        I’m particularly fond of affix characters in Chinese, and what more vibrant an example than 鬼 guǐ (“ghost; devil”)?

　　魔鬼 mguǐ (“evil devil”) – demon

　　懒鬼 lǎnguǐ (“lazy devil”) – lazybones

　　酒鬼 jiǔguǐ (“alcohol ghost”) – alcoholic; drunkard

　　醉鬼 zuguǐ (“drunk devil”) – drunkard

　　烟鬼 yānguǐ (“smoke devil”) – opium addict; chain smoker

　　调皮鬼 tiáopguǐ (“naughty devil”) – naughty child

　　捣蛋鬼 dǎodnguǐ (“make-trouble devil”) – same as #6

　　吸血鬼 xīxuguǐ (“suck-blood devil”) – vampire

　　鬼佬 guǐlǎo (“devil old-guy”) – foreigner (usually derogatory)

　　胆小鬼 dǎnxiǎoguǐ (“small-gut devil”) – coward; chicken

　　二鬼子 rguǐzi (“two-ghost-thing”) - a “banana” – someone yellow (Asian) on the outside but white (Caucasian) on the inside (derogatory)*

Cammy

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Yuki1230

Cammy 发表于 2012-6-2 17:02
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