吊死鬼

diàosǐguǐ
  1. ghost of a person who died by hanging
  2. hanged person
  3. (coll.) inchworm
  4. hangman (word game)

CEDICT

colloquial

Entry Composition

1 吊死 diàosǐ
  1. death by hanging
  2. to hang oneself
2 鬼 guǐ
  1. disembodied spirit; ghost; devil
  2. (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc
  3. sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡 guǐ)
  4. one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy