食尸鬼

Traditional: 食屍鬼

shí shī guǐ

Dictionary entry

ghoul

What does 食尸鬼 mean?

食尸鬼 (shí shī guǐ) has the following dictionary meaning.

1ghoul

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食shíto eat · food 尸shī(literary) person representing the deceased (during burial ceremonies) · (literary) to put a corpse on display (after execution)鬼guǐdisembodied spirit; ghost; devil · (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc

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How to pronounce 食尸鬼

食尸鬼

shí shī guǐ

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