见鬼

見鬼

jiànguǐ

interjection #1,213

Meanings

见鬼！我的钱包不见了。

Jiànguǐ! Wǒ de qiánbāo bújiàn le.

Damn it! My wallet is gone.

这见鬼的天气！

Zhè jiànguǐ de tiānqì!

This damn weather!

去见鬼吧！

Qù jiànguǐ ba!

Go to hell!

memory

见 (see) + 鬼 (ghost) — literally 'seeing ghosts'. When something is so strange or frustrating, it's like you're seeing ghosts.

见鬼 is a mild profanity, roughly equivalent to 'damn'. Less offensive than stronger swear words.

见 jiàn

鬼 guǐ