Read the selection from the section Types of ghosts.A particularly dangerous ghost was the shui gui (water ghost), which was the spirit of someone who had drowned and whose body was never buried properly. The shui gui haunted the waters where they died and lured people in to drown them. The victims spirit took its place and waited for the next person who could be caught off-guard.Which word from the selection helps you understand that the water ghost was tricky?

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Read the selection from the section “Types of ghosts."A particularly dangerous ghost was the shui gui (water ghost), which was the spirit of someone who had drowned and whose body was never buried properly. The shui gui haunted the waters where they died and lured people in to drown them. The victim’s spirit took its place and waited for the next person who could be caught off-guard.Which word from the selection helps you understand that the water ghost was tricky?

A	drowned
B	haunted
C	lured
D	caught

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Shui gui (Chinese: ; pinyin: shuǐ guǐ; lit. ‘water ghost’) are the spirits of people who drowned. They lurk in the place where they died, drag unsuspecting victims underwater, and drown them to take possession of their bodies. This process is known as ti shen (Chinese: ; pinyin: tì shēn; lit.

Detailed explanation-2: -The plot is loosely based on a short story about Nie Xiaoqian from Qing dynasty writer Pu Songling’s Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio and is also inspired by the 1960 Shaw Brothers Studio film The Enchanting Shadow. The film was popular in Hong Kong and several Asian countries, including South Korea and Japan.

Detailed explanation-3: -guei, (Chinese: “ghost” or “demon”) Wade-Giles romanization kuei, also spelled gui, in indigenous Chinese religion, a troublesome spirit that roams the world causing misfortune, illness, and death.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hungry ghost is a concept in Buddhism, and Chinese traditional religion, representing beings who are driven by intense emotional needs in an animalistic way. The terms èguǐ literally “hungry ghost", are the Chinese translation of the term preta in Buddhism.

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