"妖怪" meaning in Chinese

See 妖怪 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ g̊u̯aɪ̯²/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /iɔː²⁴ kuɛ⁴⁴/ [Dungan, Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /jiːu̯³⁵ kʷaːi̯³³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /jiːu̯⁵⁵ kʷaːi̯³³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /i̯eu̯²⁴⁻¹¹ ku̯ai̯⁵⁵/ [Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /(j)i̯eu̯²⁴⁻¹¹ ku̯ai̯⁵⁵/ [Hakka, Sinological-IPA], /iau⁴⁴⁻²² kuai²¹/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /iau³³ kuai⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /iau⁴⁴⁻²² kuai²¹/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /iau⁴⁴⁻³³ kuai¹¹/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /iau⁴⁴⁻³³ kuai²¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/, /jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ g̊u̯aɪ̯²/, /iɔː²⁴ kuɛ⁴⁴/, /jiːu̯³⁵ kʷaːi̯³³/, /jiːu̯⁵⁵ kʷaːi̯³³/, /i̯eu̯²⁴⁻¹¹ ku̯ai̯⁵⁵/, /(j)i̯eu̯²⁴⁻¹¹ ku̯ai̯⁵⁵/, /iau⁴⁴⁻²² kuai²¹/, /iau³³ kuai⁴¹/, /iau⁴⁴⁻²² kuai²¹/, /iau⁴⁴⁻³³ kuai¹¹/, /iau⁴⁴⁻³³ kuai²¹/ Chinese transliterations: yāoguài [Mandarin, Pinyin, standard], ㄧㄠ ㄍㄨㄞˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], ёгуэ [Cyrillic, Dungan, Mandarin, Wiktionary-specific], i͡ogue [Cyrillic, Dungan, Mandarin, Wiktionary-specific], I-III [Cyrillic, Dungan, Mandarin, Wiktionary-specific], jiu² gwaai³ [Cantonese, Jyutping], jiu¹ gwaai³ [Cantonese, Jyutping], yêu-koai [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], iau-koài, yāoguài [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], yāoguai [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, toneless-final-syllable-variant], ㄧㄠ ㄍㄨㄞˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ㄧㄠ ˙ㄍㄨㄞ [Mandarin, bopomofo, toneless-final-syllable-variant], yaoguåi [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], yao¹-kuai⁵ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], yāu-gwai [Mandarin, Yale], iau.guay [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], яогуай [Mandarin, Palladius], jaoguaj [Mandarin, Palladius], yíu gwaai [Cantonese, Yale], yīu gwaai [Cantonese, Yale], jiu² gwaai³ [Cantonese, Pinyin], jiu¹ gwaai³ [Cantonese, Pinyin], yiu² guai³ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], yiu¹ guai³ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], yêu-koai [Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], ieu^ˊ guai [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Miaoli, Northern, Sixian], yeu¹ guai⁴ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Miaoli, Northern, Sixian], yêu-koai [Hakka, Phak-fa-su], r [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System], ieu^ˊ guai [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System], yeu¹ guai⁴ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka], iau-koài [Hokkien, POJ], iau-kuài [Hokkien, Tai-lo], iau'koaix [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 妖怪
  1. (usually in Chinese mythology) supernatural being; monster; devil; goblin Tags: Chinese, regional Categories (topical): Chinese mythology, Mythological creatures Derived forms: 口袋妖怪 (Kǒudài Yāoguài)
    Sense id: en-妖怪-zh-noun-yzzW4aMd Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin words containing toneless variants, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences Synonyms: 凶煞 (xiōngshà) [figuratively, literally], 凶神 (xiōngshén) [figuratively, literally], (yāo), 妖孽 (yāoniè), 妖物 (yāowù), 妖精 (yāojīng), 妖鬼 (yāoguǐ), 妖魔 (yāomó), (niè) [in-compounds, literary], 怪物 (guàiwu), 惡魔 (èmó) [figuratively, literally], 恶魔 (èmó) [figuratively, literally], [Taiwanese-Hokkien], 煞神 (shàshén) [figuratively, literally, literary], 精怪 (jīngguài), 精靈 (jīnglíng), 精灵 (jīnglíng), 邪魔 (xiémó), (mó) [in-compounds, literary], 魔障 (mózhàng) [Buddhism, religion, lifestyle], 魔鬼 (móguǐ) [figuratively, literally]
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        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
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      "tags": [
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        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
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      "tags": [
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        "Jyutping"
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "iau-koài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yāoguài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
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      "zh-pron": "yāoguai"
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    {
      "tags": [
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        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄠ ㄍㄨㄞˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yaoguåi"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yao¹-kuai⁵"
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    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
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      "zh-pron": "yāu-gwai"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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        "Mandarin"
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      "zh-pron": "iau.guay"
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
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      "zh-pron": "яогуай"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/ ",
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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      "ipa": " /jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ g̊u̯aɪ̯²/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɔː²⁴ kuɛ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yíu gwaai"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yīu gwaai"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiu² gwaai³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiu¹ gwaai³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yiu² guai³"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yiu¹ guai³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːu̯³⁵ kʷaːi̯³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːu̯⁵⁵ kʷaːi̯³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yêu-koai"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yeu¹ guai⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i̯eu̯²⁴⁻¹¹ ku̯ai̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ieu^ˊ guai"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yeu¹ guai⁴"
    },
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      "ipa": "/(j)i̯eu̯²⁴⁻¹¹ ku̯ai̯⁵⁵/",
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        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iau-koài"
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      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iau-kuài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iau'koaix"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau⁴⁴⁻²² kuai²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau³³ kuai⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau⁴⁴⁻²² kuai²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau⁴⁴⁻³³ kuai¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau⁴⁴⁻³³ kuai²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ g̊u̯aɪ̯²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɔː²⁴ kuɛ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːu̯³⁵ kʷaːi̯³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːu̯⁵⁵ kʷaːi̯³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i̯eu̯²⁴⁻¹¹ ku̯ai̯⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(j)i̯eu̯²⁴⁻¹¹ ku̯ai̯⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau⁴⁴⁻²² kuai²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau³³ kuai⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau⁴⁴⁻²² kuai²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau⁴⁴⁻³³ kuai¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau⁴⁴⁻³³ kuai²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "妖怪"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "Kǒudài Yāoguài",
      "word": "口袋妖怪"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 0,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "zh",
            "2": "妖怪"
          },
          "expansion": "妖怪",
          "name": "lang"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "妖怪",
            "2": "ようかい",
            "gloss": ""
          },
          "expansion": "妖怪(ようかい) (yōkai)",
          "name": "ja-r"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ko",
            "2": "요괴(妖怪)",
            "3": "",
            "4": "",
            "5": "",
            "bor": "1",
            "id": "妖怪",
            "id2": "",
            "id3": "",
            "id4": "",
            "t": "",
            "t2": "",
            "t3": "",
            "t4": ""
          },
          "expansion": "→ Korean: 요괴(妖怪) (yogoe)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vi",
            "2": "yêu quái",
            "bor": "1",
            "id": "妖怪",
            "t": "",
            "tr": "妖怪"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Vietnamese: yêu quái (妖怪)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "妖怪",
            "2": "ようかい",
            "3": "요괴",
            "4": "yêu quái",
            "5": "",
            "6": "",
            "h": "妖怪",
            "j2": "",
            "j2t": "",
            "j3": "",
            "j3t": "",
            "j4": "",
            "j4t": "",
            "jdesc": "",
            "jje2": "",
            "jje2t": "",
            "jje3": "",
            "jje3t": "",
            "jje4": "",
            "jje4t": "",
            "jjedesc": "",
            "jjet": "",
            "jt": "",
            "k2": "",
            "k2t": "",
            "k3": "",
            "k3t": "",
            "k4": "",
            "k4t": "",
            "kdesc": "",
            "kt": "",
            "o": "妖怪",
            "o2": "",
            "o2t": "",
            "o3": "",
            "o3t": "",
            "o4": "",
            "o4t": "",
            "odesc": "",
            "ot": "",
            "s": "妖怪",
            "v": "妖怪",
            "v2": "",
            "v2t": "",
            "v3": "",
            "v3t": "",
            "v4": "",
            "v4t": "",
            "vdesc": "",
            "vt": ""
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (妖怪):\n* → Japanese: 妖怪(ようかい) (yōkai)\n* → Korean: 요괴(妖怪) (yogoe)\n* → Vietnamese: yêu quái (妖怪)",
          "name": "CJKV/code"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "",
            "2": "ようかい",
            "3": "요괴",
            "4": "yêu quái"
          },
          "expansion": "Sino-Xenic (妖怪):\n* → Japanese: 妖怪(ようかい) (yōkai)\n* → Korean: 요괴(妖怪) (yogoe)\n* → Vietnamese: yêu quái (妖怪)",
          "name": "CJKV"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sino-Xenic (妖怪):\n* → Japanese: 妖怪(ようかい) (yōkai)\n* → Korean: 요괴(妖怪) (yogoe)\n* → Vietnamese: yêu quái (妖怪)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "妖怪",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese nouns",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese nouns",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 妖",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 怪",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Dungan lemmas",
        "Dungan nouns",
        "Hakka lemmas",
        "Hakka nouns",
        "Hokkien lemmas",
        "Hokkien nouns",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin nouns",
        "Mandarin words containing toneless variants",
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "zh:Chinese mythology",
        "zh:Mythological creatures"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "supernatural being; monster; devil; goblin"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Chinese",
          "Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "supernatural",
          "supernatural"
        ],
        [
          "being",
          "being"
        ],
        [
          "monster",
          "monster"
        ],
        [
          "devil",
          "devil"
        ],
        [
          "goblin",
          "goblin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(usually in Chinese mythology) supernatural being; monster; devil; goblin"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Chinese",
        "regional"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yāoguài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄠ ㄍㄨㄞˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ёгуэ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "i͡ogue"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "I-III"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiu² gwaai³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiu¹ gwaai³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yêu-koai"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "iau-koài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yāoguài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yāoguai"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄠ ㄍㄨㄞˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄧㄠ ˙ㄍㄨㄞ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yaoguåi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yao¹-kuai⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yāu-gwai"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iau.guay"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "яогуай"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jaoguaj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/ ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": " /jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ g̊u̯aɪ̯²/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɔː²⁴ kuɛ⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Dungan",
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yíu gwaai"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yīu gwaai"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiu² gwaai³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "jiu¹ gwaai³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yiu² guai³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yiu¹ guai³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːu̯³⁵ kʷaːi̯³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːu̯⁵⁵ kʷaːi̯³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yêu-koai"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ieu^ˊ guai"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yeu¹ guai⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i̯eu̯²⁴⁻¹¹ ku̯ai̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yêu-koai"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "r"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ieu^ˊ guai"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "yeu¹ guai⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(j)i̯eu̯²⁴⁻¹¹ ku̯ai̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iau-koài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iau-kuài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "iau'koaix"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau⁴⁴⁻²² kuai²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau³³ kuai⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau⁴⁴⁻²² kuai²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau⁴⁴⁻³³ kuai¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau⁴⁴⁻³³ kuai²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ g̊u̯aɪ̯²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iɔː²⁴ kuɛ⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːu̯³⁵ kʷaːi̯³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/jiːu̯⁵⁵ kʷaːi̯³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i̯eu̯²⁴⁻¹¹ ku̯ai̯⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(j)i̯eu̯²⁴⁻¹¹ ku̯ai̯⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau⁴⁴⁻²² kuai²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau³³ kuai⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau⁴⁴⁻²² kuai²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau⁴⁴⁻³³ kuai¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iau⁴⁴⁻³³ kuai²¹/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "xiōngshà",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "凶煞"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiōngshén",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "凶神"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yāo",
      "word": "妖"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yāoniè",
      "word": "妖孽"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yāowù",
      "word": "妖物"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yāojīng",
      "word": "妖精"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yāoguǐ",
      "word": "妖鬼"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yāomó",
      "word": "妖魔"
    },
    {
      "roman": "niè",
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "孽"
    },
    {
      "roman": "guàiwu",
      "word": "怪物"
    },
    {
      "roman": "èmó",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "惡魔"
    },
    {
      "roman": "èmó",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "恶魔"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Taiwanese-Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "煞"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shàshén",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "literally",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "煞神"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jīngguài",
      "word": "精怪"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jīnglíng",
      "word": "精靈"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jīnglíng",
      "word": "精灵"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiémó",
      "word": "邪魔"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mó",
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "魔"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mózhàng",
      "topics": [
        "Buddhism",
        "religion",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "魔障"
    },
    {
      "roman": "móguǐ",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "魔鬼"
    }
  ],
  "word": "妖怪"
}

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