搵鬼

Chinese

		press with finger; wipe	ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (搵鬼)		搵	鬼
simp. (揾鬼)		揾	鬼
Literally: “to ask ghosts [to do it]”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wan² gwai²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wan² gwai²
    • Yale: wán gwái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wan² gwai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wen² guei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐn³⁵ kʷɐi̯³⁵/

Adverb

搵鬼

1. (Cantonese) having nobody wanting to do (clarification of this definition is needed)

   呢件豬頭骨搵鬼做咩？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   呢件猪头骨揾鬼做咩？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   ni¹ gin⁶ zyu¹ tau⁴ gwat¹ wan² gwai² zou⁶ me¹? [Jyutping]

   This is such an undesirable job with high effort and low payoff. Nobody is doing it.