"妖魔" meaning in Chinese

See 妖魔 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ mu̯ɔ³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /jiːu̯³⁵ mɔː⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /iau⁴⁴⁻²² mɔ̃²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Xiamen], /iau³³ mɔ̃²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Quanzhou], /iau⁴⁴⁻²² mɔ̃¹³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Zhangzhou], /iau⁴⁴⁻³³ mɔ̃²⁴/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Taipei], /iau⁴⁴⁻³³ mɔ̃²³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Kaohsiung]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 妖魔
  1. ghost; monster; demon Derived forms: 妖魔化 (yāomóhuà), 妖魔鬼怪 (yāomóguǐguài)
    Sense id: en-妖魔-zh-noun-rianxArI Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Mythological creatures Synonyms: 凶煞 (xiōngshà) [figuratively, literally], 凶神 (xiōngshén) [figuratively, literally], (yāo), 妖孽 (yāoniè), 妖怪 (yāoguài), 妖物 (yāowù), 妖精 (yāojīng), 妖鬼 (yāoguǐ), (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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          "roman": "yāomóhuà",
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          "roman": "yāomóguǐguài",
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          "roman": "xiōngshà",
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          "word": "凶煞"
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        {
          "roman": "xiōngshén",
          "tags": [
            "figuratively",
            "literally"
          ],
          "word": "凶神"
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        {
          "roman": "yāo",
          "word": "妖"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yāoniè",
          "word": "妖孽"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yāoguài",
          "word": "妖怪"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yāowù",
          "word": "妖物"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yāojīng",
          "word": "妖精"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yāoguǐ",
          "word": "妖鬼"
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        {
          "roman": "niè",
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          "word": "孽"
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          "roman": "guàiwu",
          "word": "怪物"
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          "roman": "èmó",
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            "figuratively",
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          "word": "惡魔"
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          "roman": "èmó",
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            "figuratively",
            "literally"
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          "word": "恶魔"
        },
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          "word": "煞"
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          "roman": "shàshén",
          "tags": [
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            "literally",
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          "word": "煞神"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jīngguài",
          "word": "精怪"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jīnglíng",
          "word": "精靈"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jīnglíng",
          "word": "精灵"
        },
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          "roman": "xiémó",
          "word": "邪魔"
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          "roman": "mó",
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          "roman": "mózhàng",
          "topics": [
            "Buddhism",
            "religion",
            "lifestyle"
          ],
          "word": "魔障"
        },
        {
          "roman": "móguǐ",
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            "literally"
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          "word": "魔鬼"
        }
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    },
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        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧㄠ ㄇㄛˊ"
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
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      "ipa": "/iau⁴⁴⁻²² mɔ̃²⁴/",
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        "Hokkien",
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        "Xiamen"
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        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
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        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
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      "ipa": "/iau⁴⁴⁻³³ mɔ̃²⁴/",
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        "Taipei"
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      "roman": "yāomóhuà",
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      "roman": "yāomóguǐguài",
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        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄧㄠ ㄇㄛˊ"
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        "Pinyin"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
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        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
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        "Standard-Chinese",
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        "Pinyin"
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    },
    {
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        "Hong Kong"
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      "tags": [
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        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
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    },
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        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
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    {
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "iau-mô͘"
    },
    {
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "iau-môo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/iau⁴⁴⁻²² mɔ̃²⁴/",
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        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
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    {
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        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
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    {
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        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
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    },
    {
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        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/iau⁴⁴⁻³³ mɔ̃²³/",
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    {
      "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": "yāoguài",
      "word": "妖怪"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yāowù",
      "word": "妖物"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yāojīng",
      "word": "妖精"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yāoguǐ",
      "word": "妖鬼"
    },
    {
      "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": "妖魔"
}

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  "title": "妖魔",
  "trace": ""
}

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.