In Chinese (Traditional / Simplified font): 
spider: 蜘蛛 (zhīzhū) 
fall, autumn: 秋季 (qiūjì) 
broom: 掃把 / 扫把 (sàobǎ) 
candy: 糖 (táng) or 糖果 (tángguǒ) 
candle: 蠟燭 / 蜡烛 (làzhú) 
cemetery: 墳場 / 坟场 (fénchǎng) or 墓園 / 墓园 (mùyuán) 
black cat: 黑貓 / 黑猫(hēimāo) 
bat: 蝙蝠 (biānfú) 
pumpkin: 南瓜 (nánguā) 
costume: 服裝 / 服装 (fúzhuāng) 
devil: 魔鬼 (móguǐ) or 魔王 (mówáng) 
scarecrow: 稻草人 (dàocǎorén) 
ghost: 魔鬼 (móguǐ). Chinese don't usually distinguish between devil & ghost. 
jack-o'-lantern: 南瓜燈 / 南瓜灯 (nánguādēng). Lit. translation: pumpkin light. 
leaf: 葉 / 叶 (yè) 
Halloween: 鬼節 / 鬼节 (guǐjié) 
to haunt: 嚇人 / 吓人 (xiàrén). To scare someone to death: 嚇死人 / 吓死人 (xiàsǐrén) 
to play a trick (on someone): 做鬼 (zuòguǐ) 
goblin: 小妖精 (xiǎoyāojīng) 
mask: 面具 (miànjù) 
mummy: 木乃伊 (mùnǎiyī) 
monster: 怪物 (guàiwu) or 妖怪 (yāoguài) 
October: 十月 (shíyuè) 
witch: 魔女 (mónǚ) 
skeleton: 骨骼 (gǔgé) or 屍骨 (shīgǔ) for bones of the dead. 
All Saints' Day: 萬聖節 / 万圣节 (wànshèngjié) lit. translation 10,000 Saints Festival 
(All Saint's Day) or 萬靈節 / 万灵节 (wànlíngjié) lit. translation: 10,000 Souls 
Festival (All Soul's Day). 
the thirty-first: 三十一日 (sānshíyīrì) or 三十一號 / 三十一号 ((sānshíyīháo) 
vampire: 吸血鬼 (xīxuèguǐ) for blood-sucking ghost or 僵屍 / 僵尸 (jiāngshī) the Chinese 
version. 
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