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"roman": "rényāo",
"word": "人妖"
},
{
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"word": "做妖撒妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "凶妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "厲妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "厉妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "國妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "国妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "地妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "夜妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "天妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "天災地妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "天灾地妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妄妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "yāorén",
"word": "妖人"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖倖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖幸"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖偽"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖伪"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖僮"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖兇"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖凶"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "yāoyě",
"word": "妖冶"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖化"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖厲"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖厉"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖咎"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖夢"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖梦"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "yāonǚ",
"word": "妖女"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖妄"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖妙"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖妖"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖妖調調"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖妖调调"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖姿"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖妍"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖姬"
},
{
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"roman": "yāomèi",
"word": "妖媚"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖嫻"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖娴"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖嫺"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "yāoráo",
"word": "妖嬈"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "yāoráo",
"word": "妖娆"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖嬌"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖娇"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "yāoniè",
"word": "妖孽"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖幻"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖彗"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖形怪狀"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖形怪状"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖忌"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "yāoguài",
"word": "妖怪"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖惑"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖星"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖服"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖桃"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖氛"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖氣"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖气"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖沴"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "yāofǎ",
"word": "妖法"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖淫"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖災"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖灾"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "yāowù",
"word": "妖物"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖玩"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖由人興"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖由人兴"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖異"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖异"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖眚"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖神"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖祥"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖祲"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖童"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "yāojīng",
"word": "妖精"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖聲妖氣"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖声妖气"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖蠱"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖蛊"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "yāoshù",
"word": "妖術"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "yāoshù",
"word": "妖术"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖術惑眾"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖术惑众"
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"word": "妖術邪法"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖术邪法"
},
{
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"roman": "yāolǐyāoqì",
"word": "妖裡妖氣"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "yāolǐyāoqì",
"word": "妖里妖气"
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{
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"roman": "yāoyán",
"word": "妖言"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "yāoyánhuòzhòng",
"word": "妖言惑眾"
},
{
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"roman": "yāoyánhuòzhòng",
"word": "妖言惑众"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖訛"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖讹"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖誕"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖诞"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖調"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖调"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖變"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖变"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "yāoyàn",
"word": "妖豔"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "yāoyàn",
"word": "妖艳"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖賊"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖贼"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "yāodào",
"word": "妖道"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "yāoxié",
"word": "妖邪"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖野"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖鏡"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖镜"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖閑"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖闲"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖雰"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖霧"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖雾"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖靡"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖韶"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "yāofēng",
"word": "妖風"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "yāofēng",
"word": "妖风"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖饒"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖饶"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖魅"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖魑"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "yāomó",
"word": "妖魔"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "yāomóguǐguài",
"word": "妖魔鬼怪"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖麗"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖丽"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖麼"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妖么"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "姝妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "婦妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "妇妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "嫺妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "娴妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "射妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "小妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "xiǎoyāojīng",
"word": "小妖精"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "shīyāo",
"word": "屍妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "shīyāo",
"word": "尸妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "山妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "wūyāo",
"word": "巫妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "平妖傳"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "平妖传"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "幽妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "怪妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "憑妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "凭妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "成妖作怪"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "撒妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "文妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "斷怪除妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "断怪除妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "fúyāo",
"word": "服妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "木妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "構妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "构妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "氛妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "shuǐyāo",
"word": "水妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "淫妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "災妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "灾妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "zhàoyāojìng",
"word": "照妖鏡"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "zhàoyāojìng",
"word": "照妖镜"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "物妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "狐妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "甘妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "生妖作怪"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "畫妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "画妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "疆妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "眚妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "石妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "神妖鬼怪"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "祥妖"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "義妖傳"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "义妖传"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "老妖精"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "胡妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "興妖作亂"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "兴妖作乱"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "興妖作孽"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "兴妖作孽"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "興妖作怪"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "兴妖作怪"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "花妖"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "花妖子"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "草妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "shéyāo",
"word": "蛇妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "蜺妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "蟲妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "虫妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "裝妖作怪"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "装妖作怪"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "詩妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "诗妖"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "謠妖"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "谣妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "豔紫妖紅"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "艳紫妖红"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "māoyāo",
"word": "貓妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "māoyāo",
"word": "猫妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "賣妖嬈"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "卖妖娆"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "踐妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "践妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "逞妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "避妖圈"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "閻妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "阎妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "閻羅妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "阎罗妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "xiángyāo",
"word": "降妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "韃妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "鞑妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "食妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "驅妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "驱妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "鴻妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "鸿妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "黃妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "黄妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "墨妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "鼓妖"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "鼠妖"
}
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],
"etymology_text": "Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qrow) : semantic 女 + phonetic 夭 (OC *qoːwʔ, *qrow, *qrowʔ).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "hanzi"
},
"expansion": "妖",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "character",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Monsters and monstrous events take their rise from men. If men afford no cause for them, they do not arise of themselves. When men abandon the constant course of virtue, then monstrosities appear.",
"ref": "妖由人興也。人無釁焉，妖不自作，人棄常則妖興。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
"text": "妖由人兴也。人无衅焉，妖不自作，人弃常则妖兴。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version\nYāo yóu rén xīng yě. Rén wú xìn yān, yāo bù zì zuò, rén qì cháng zé yāo xìng. [Pinyin]",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "It's quite an odd happenstance.",
"ref": "事體老妖個。 [Shanghainese, trad.]",
"text": "事体老妖个。 [Shanghainese, simp.]\nFrom: 2011, Hu Baotan, 弄堂\n⁶zy-thi ⁶lau ¹iau-gheq [Wugniu]",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"abnormal or bizarre thing or phenomenon"
],
"id": "en-妖-zh-character-1LEecoBd",
"links": [
[
"abnormal",
"abnormal"
],
[
"bizarre",
"bizarre"
],
[
"phenomenon",
"phenomenon"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "貓妖／猫妖 ― māoyāo ― cat goblin",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"demon; goblin"
],
"id": "en-妖-zh-character-QhZLyNvc",
"links": [
[
"demon",
"demon"
],
[
"goblin",
"goblin"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "witchcraft; sorcery",
"roman": "yāoshù",
"text": "妖術／妖术",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to deceive people with lies and fallacies",
"roman": "yāoyánhuòzhòng",
"text": "妖言惑眾／妖言惑众",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"evil and fraudulent"
],
"id": "en-妖-zh-character-ISrBITxq",
"links": [
[
"evil",
"evil"
],
[
"fraudulent",
"fraudulent"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese links with redundant alt parameters",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant alt parameters",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese links with redundant wikilinks",
"parents": [
"Links with redundant wikilinks",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "That beautiful woman is charming and graceful, she is plucking mulberries at the crossways.",
"ref": "美女妖且閑，采桑歧路間。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
"text": "美女妖且闲，采桑歧路间。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: 3rd century, Cao Zhi, 美女篇 (\"On a Beautiful Woman\"), translated by Wu (1998)\nMěinǚ yāo qiě xián, cǎi sāng qílù jiān. [Pinyin]",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"gorgeous; beautiful; charming"
],
"id": "en-妖-zh-character-cW9laVjP",
"links": [
[
"gorgeous",
"gorgeous"
],
[
"beautiful",
"beautiful"
],
[
"charming",
"charming"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(literary) gorgeous; beautiful; charming"
],
"tags": [
"literary"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "seductive and bewitching",
"roman": "yāolǐyāoqì",
"text": "妖裡妖氣／妖里妖气",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"bizarrely dressed or behaving frivolously"
],
"id": "en-妖-zh-character-xKgzn26C",
"links": [
[
"bizarrely",
"bizarrely"
],
[
"dressed",
"dressed"
],
[
"frivolously",
"frivolously"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(chiefly of women) bizarrely dressed or behaving frivolously"
],
"raw_tags": [
"of women"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Cantonese Chinese",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "13 21 2 11 22 31",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "13 15 17 12 19 23",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "zh",
"name": "Mythological creatures",
"orig": "zh:Mythological creatures",
"parents": [
"Fantasy",
"Mythology",
"Fiction",
"Speculative fiction",
"Culture",
"Artistic works",
"Genres",
"Society",
"Art",
"Entertainment",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"yuck! (used in place of its near-homophone 屌 (diu2))"
],
"id": "en-妖-zh-character-mFfTJnNi",
"links": [
[
"yuck",
"yuck"
],
[
"屌",
"屌#Chinese"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Cantonese, vulgar) yuck! (used in place of its near-homophone 屌 (diu2))"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"vulgar"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "yāo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "yao¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄧㄠ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "jiu²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "jiu¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Phak-fa-su",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "yêu"
},
{
"zh-pron": "iáu"
},
{
"zh-pron": "iĕu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "iau"
},
{
"tags": [
"Peng'im",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "iao¹"
},
{
"zh-pron": "¹iau"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "yāo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "yao"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "yao¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "yāu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "iau"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "яо"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "jao"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɑʊ̯⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "yíu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "yīu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiu²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "jiu¹"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "yiu²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "yiu¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/jiːu̯³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/jiːu̯⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Miaoli",
"Northern",
"Phak-fa-su",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "yêu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System",
"Miaoli",
"Northern",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "ieu´"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hagfa-Pinyim",
"Hakka",
"Miaoli",
"Northern",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "yeu¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/i̯eu̯²⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Miaoli",
"Northern",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Sixian"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Meinong",
"Phak-fa-su",
"Sixian",
"Southern"
],
"zh-pron": "yêu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System",
"Meinong",
"Sixian",
"Southern"
],
"zh-pron": "r"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System",
"Meinong",
"Sixian",
"Southern"
],
"zh-pron": "ieu´"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hagfa-Pinyim",
"Hakka",
"Meinong",
"Sixian",
"Southern"
],
"zh-pron": "yeu¹"
},
{
"ipa": "/(j)i̯eu̯²⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Meinong",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Sixian",
"Southern"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Jian'ou",
"Kienning-Colloquial-Romanized"
],
"zh-pron": "iáu"
},
{
"ipa": "/iau⁵⁴/",
"tags": [
"Jian'ou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Foochow-Romanized",
"Fuzhou"
],
"zh-pron": "iĕu"
},
{
"ipa": "/ieu⁵⁵/",
"tags": [
"Fuzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "iau"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "iaw"
},
{
"ipa": "/iau⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/iau³³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Quanzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/iau⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Zhangzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/iau⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/iau⁴⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"POJ",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "iau"
},
{
"ipa": "/iau³³/",
"tags": [
"Sinological-IPA",
"Teochew"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "¹iau"
},
{
"tags": [
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "iau^平"
},
{
"tags": [
"Wu"
],
"zh-pron": "/iɔ⁵³/"
},
{
"tags": [
"Middle-Chinese"
],
"zh-pron": "'jew"
},
{
"tags": [
"Old-Chinese",
"Zhengzhang"
],
"zh-pron": "/*qrow/"
},
{
"ipa": "/jɑʊ̯⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/jiːu̯³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/jiːu̯⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/i̯eu̯²⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/(j)i̯eu̯²⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/iau⁵⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ieu⁵⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/iau⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/iau³³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/iau⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/iau⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/iau⁴⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/iau³³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/iɔ⁵³/"
},
{
"other": "/*qrow/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "xiōngshà",
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"literally"
],
"word": "凶煞"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "xiōngshén",
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"literally"
],
"word": "凶神"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "yāoniè",
"word": "妖孽"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "yāoguài",
"word": "妖怪"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "yāowù",
"word": "妖物"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "yāojīng",
"word": "妖精"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "yāoguǐ",
"word": "妖鬼"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "yāomó",
"word": "妖魔"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "niè",
"tags": [
"in-compounds",
"literary"
],
"word": "孽"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "guàiwu",
"word": "怪物"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "èmó",
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"literally"
],
"word": "惡魔"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "èmó",
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"literally"
],
"word": "恶魔"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"tags": [
"Taiwanese-Hokkien"
],
"word": "煞"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "shàshén",
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"literally",
"literary"
],
"word": "煞神"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "jīngguài",
"word": "精怪"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "jīnglíng",
"word": "精靈"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "jīnglíng",
"word": "精灵"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "xiémó",
"word": "邪魔"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "mó",
"tags": [
"in-compounds",
"literary"
],
"word": "魔"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "mózhàng",
"topics": [
"Buddhism",
"religion",
"lifestyle"
],
"word": "魔障"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"roman": "móguǐ",
"tags": [
"figuratively",
"literally"
],
"word": "魔鬼"
}
],
"word": "妖"
}
{
"categories": [
"Chinese Han characters",
"Chinese adjectives",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese nouns",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Eastern Min adjectives",
"Eastern Min lemmas",
"Eastern Min nouns",
"Middle Chinese lemmas",
"Northern Min adjectives",
"Northern Min lemmas",
"Northern Min nouns",
"Old Chinese lemmas",
"zh:Mythological creatures"
],
"derived": [
{
"roman": "rényāo",
"word": "人妖"
},
{
"word": "做妖撒妖"
},
{
"word": "凶妖"
},
{
"word": "厲妖"
},
{
"word": "厉妖"
},
{
"word": "國妖"
},
{
"word": "国妖"
},
{
"word": "地妖"
},
{
"word": "夜妖"
},
{
"word": "天妖"
},
{
"word": "天災地妖"
},
{
"word": "天灾地妖"
},
{
"word": "妄妖"
},
{
"roman": "yāorén",
"word": "妖人"
},
{
"word": "妖倖"
},
{
"word": "妖幸"
},
{
"word": "妖偽"
},
{
"word": "妖伪"
},
{
"word": "妖僮"
},
{
"word": "妖兇"
},
{
"word": "妖凶"
},
{
"roman": "yāoyě",
"word": "妖冶"
},
{
"word": "妖化"
},
{
"word": "妖厲"
},
{
"word": "妖厉"
},
{
"word": "妖咎"
},
{
"word": "妖夢"
},
{
"word": "妖梦"
},
{
"roman": "yāonǚ",
"word": "妖女"
},
{
"word": "妖妄"
},
{
"word": "妖妙"
},
{
"word": "妖妖"
},
{
"word": "妖妖調調"
},
{
"word": "妖妖调调"
},
{
"word": "妖姿"
},
{
"word": "妖妍"
},
{
"word": "妖姬"
},
{
"roman": "yāomèi",
"word": "妖媚"
},
{
"word": "妖嫻"
},
{
"word": "妖娴"
},
{
"word": "妖嫺"
},
{
"roman": "yāoráo",
"word": "妖嬈"
},
{
"roman": "yāoráo",
"word": "妖娆"
},
{
"word": "妖嬌"
},
{
"word": "妖娇"
},
{
"roman": "yāoniè",
"word": "妖孽"
},
{
"word": "妖幻"
},
{
"word": "妖彗"
},
{
"word": "妖形怪狀"
},
{
"word": "妖形怪状"
},
{
"word": "妖忌"
},
{
"roman": "yāoguài",
"word": "妖怪"
},
{
"word": "妖惑"
},
{
"word": "妖星"
},
{
"word": "妖服"
},
{
"word": "妖桃"
},
{
"word": "妖氛"
},
{
"word": "妖氣"
},
{
"word": "妖气"
},
{
"word": "妖沴"
},
{
"roman": "yāofǎ",
"word": "妖法"
},
{
"word": "妖淫"
},
{
"word": "妖災"
},
{
"word": "妖灾"
},
{
"roman": "yāowù",
"word": "妖物"
},
{
"word": "妖玩"
},
{
"word": "妖由人興"
},
{
"word": "妖由人兴"
},
{
"word": "妖異"
},
{
"word": "妖异"
},
{
"word": "妖眚"
},
{
"word": "妖神"
},
{
"word": "妖祥"
},
{
"word": "妖祲"
},
{
"word": "妖童"
},
{
"roman": "yāojīng",
"word": "妖精"
},
{
"word": "妖聲妖氣"
},
{
"word": "妖声妖气"
},
{
"word": "妖蠱"
},
{
"word": "妖蛊"
},
{
"roman": "yāoshù",
"word": "妖術"
},
{
"roman": "yāoshù",
"word": "妖术"
},
{
"word": "妖術惑眾"
},
{
"word": "妖术惑众"
},
{
"word": "妖術邪法"
},
{
"word": "妖术邪法"
},
{
"roman": "yāolǐyāoqì",
"word": "妖裡妖氣"
},
{
"roman": "yāolǐyāoqì",
"word": "妖里妖气"
},
{
"roman": "yāoyán",
"word": "妖言"
},
{
"roman": "yāoyánhuòzhòng",
"word": "妖言惑眾"
},
{
"roman": "yāoyánhuòzhòng",
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"word": "画妖"
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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