讨厌鬼

討厭鬼

tǎoyànguǐ

noun

Meanings

1 nuisance
2 pest
3 annoying person
4 creep

Characters

demand / provoke

ghost / -fellow (insult suffix)

Examples

走开，你这个讨厌鬼！

Zǒukāi, nǐ zhè ge tǎoyànguǐ!

Get lost, you pest!

她总爱叫男朋友讨厌鬼。

Tā zǒng ài jiào nán péngyǒu tǎoyànguǐ.

She always likes to call her boyfriend a pest.

Tips

usage

Mild — often playful or flirtatious between couples and friends. Same suffix 鬼 ('ghost / -fellow') drives 胆小鬼 ('coward'), 酒鬼 ('drunkard'), 小气鬼 ('tightwad').

Stroke Order

讨 tǎo

厌 yàn

鬼 guǐ