| 死鬼 | sǐ guǐ | devil; You devil! (as joke or insult); the departed |
| 洋鬼 | yáng guǐ | foreign devil; term of abuse for Westerners |
| 淫鬼 | yín guǐ | lecherous devil |
| 烟鬼 | yān guǐ | heavy smoker; chain smoker |
| 狐鬼神仙 | hú guǐ shén xiān | foxes, ghosts and immortals; supernatural beings, usually fictional |
| 狼号鬼哭 | láng háo guǐ kū | lit. wolves howling, devils groaning (idiom); pathetic screams |
| 疑神疑鬼 | yí shén yí guǐ | to suspect everyone; overly suspicious |
| 白鬼 | bái guǐ | "white ghost", derogatory term for caucasians (Cantonese) |
| 神不知鬼不觉 | shén bù zhī guǐ bù jué | top secret; hush-hush |
| 神出鬼没 | shén chū guǐ mò | lit. Gods appear and devils vanish (idiom); to appear and disappear unpredictably; to change rapidly |
| 神工鬼斧 | shén gōng guǐ fǔ | supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods; uncanny workmanship; superlative craftsmanship |
| 神差鬼使 | shén chāi guǐ shǐ | the work of gods and devils (idiom); unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation; curious coincidence |
| 红魔鬼 | Hóng Mó guǐ | Red Devils, nickname of Manchester United Football Club |
| 缺德鬼 | quē dé guǐ | public nuisance; a wicked, mean spirited individual |
| 老烟鬼 | lǎo yān guǐ | heavy smoker; chain smoker |
| 色鬼 | sè guǐ | sex maniac |
| 装神弄鬼 | zhuāng shén nòng guǐ | lit. dress up as God, play the devil (idiom); fig. to mystify; to deceive people; to scam |
| 讨厌鬼 | tǎo yàn guǐ | disgusting person; slob |
| 走鬼 | zǒu guǐ | unlicensed street vendor |
| 酒鬼 | jiǔ guǐ | drunkard |
| 雷鬼 | léi guǐ | reggae |
| 馋鬼 | chán guǐ | glutton; greedy; piggish |
| 驱魔赶鬼 | qū mó gǎn guǐ | to exorcise; to drive out evil spirits |
| 鬼佬 | guǐ lǎo | foreigner (Cantonese); westerner |
| 鬼使神差 | guǐ shǐ shén chāi | demons and gods at work (idiom); unexplained event crying out for a supernatural explanation; curious coincidence |
| 鬼婆 | guǐ pó | Caucasian woman (Cantonese) |
| 鬼怕恶人 | guǐ pà è rén | lit. ghosts are afraid of evil too; an evil person fears someone even more evil (idiom) |
| 鬼扯 | guǐ chě | nonsense; humbug; bunk; bullshit |
| 鬼扯脚 | guǐ chě jiǎo | lit. ghost pulls your leg; involuntary tug of muscles; fig. very unlucky; fig. argumentative; fig. can't help doing it |
| 鬼扯腿 | guǐ chě tuǐ | lit. ghost pulls your leg; involuntary tug of muscles; fig. very unlucky; fig. argumentative; fig. can't help doing it |
| 鬼摸脑壳 | guǐ mō nǎo ké | muddled; momentarily confused |
| 鬼故事 | guǐ gù shi | ghost story |
| 鬼斧神工 | guǐ fǔ shén gōng | supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods; uncanny workmanship; superlative craftsmanship |
| 鬼楼 | guǐ lóu | haunted house |
| 鬼混 | guǐ hùn | to hang around; to fool around; to live aimlessly |
| 鬼火 | guǐ huǒ | will-o'-the-wisp; jack-o'-lantern |
| 鬼胎 | guǐ tāi | sinister design; ulterior motive |
| 鬼蜮 | guǐ yù | treacherous person; evil spirit |
| 鬼计多端 | guǐ jì duō duān | full of devilish tricks and cunning stratagems (idiom); sly; crafty; malicious |
| 鬼迷心窍 | guǐ mí xīn qiào | lit. devil charms heart tunnel (idiom); infatuated; possessed by a devil |
| 鬼魅 | guǐ mèi | demon; monster |
| 鬼魔 | guǐ mó | Devil (in Jewish and Christian mythology) |
| 魍魉鬼怪 | wǎng liǎng guǐ guài | ghoulies and bogeys; things that go bump in the night |
| 魔鬼岛 | Mó guǐ dǎo | Devil's Island, notorious French prison off the coast of French Guyana |
| 黄父鬼 | Huáng fù guǐ | Huang Fugui, ghost of legends who provided Liu Juanzi with his magical recipes 刘涓子鬼遗方 |
| 黑鬼 | hēi guǐ | black devil (derogatory term for black or African person) |
| 点鬼火 | diǎn guǐ huǒ | to stir up trouble in secret; to instigate |
