This Halloween, make sure you scare your neighbors with your costumes rather than your failing Chinese. These freaky phrases will have you chatting confidently about the scariest time of year in no time.

Even better, these terms will help you out if you need to stock up on last-minute Halloween costumes on Taobao or Jingdong.

The basics

Halloween 萬圣節(jié) wàn shèng jié
Happy Halloween 萬圣節(jié)快樂 wàn shèng jié kuài lè
Halloween costume 萬圣節(jié)服裝 wàn shèng jié fú zhuāng
Jack o'lantern 南瓜燈 nán guā dēng
Trick or Treat 不給糖就搗蛋 bù g?i táng jiù d?o dàn
Decorations 裝飾 zhuāng shì

Spooky things to do

Haunted house 鬼屋 gu? wū
Ghost stories 鬼故事 gu? gù shi
Horror movies 恐怖電影 k?ng bù diàn y?ng
Bobbing for apples 咬蘋果游戲 y?o píng gu? yóu xì

Scary monsters and spooky sprites

Monster 怪物 guài wu
Witch 女巫 nǚ wū
Vampire 吸血鬼 xī xuè gu?
Werewolf 狼人 láng rén
Frankenstein 科學(xué)怪人 kē xué guài rén
Ghost 鬼 gu?
Mummy 木乃伊 mù n?i yī
Zombie 僵尸 jiāng shī
Skeleton 骷髏 kū lóu
Demon 惡魔 è mó
Devil 魔鬼 mó gu?

Making (creepy) conversation

What are you doing for Halloween?
你打算怎么過萬圣節(jié)？
n? d? suàn z?n me guò wàn shèng jié?

Are you going to a Halloween party？
你去萬圣節(jié)派對(duì)嗎？
n? qù wàn shèng jié pài duì ma?

Do you like scary movies?
你喜歡看恐怖電影嗎？
n? x? huān k?ng bù diàn y?ng ma?

What's your favorite scary movie？
你最喜歡哪部恐怖電影？
n? zuì x? huān n? bù k?ng bù diàn y?ng?

What are you going to dress up as?
你要打扮成什么？
n? yào d? bàn chéng shén me?

I'm going to dress up as…
我要打扮成…
w? yào d? bàn chéng…

Source: www.beijing-kids.com
Editor: wanan