"魔怪" meaning in Chinese

See 魔怪 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mu̯ɔ³⁵ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /mɔː⁵⁵ kʷaːi̯³³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² kuai⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Quanzhou], /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² kuai²¹/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Xiamen], /mɔ̃¹³⁻²² kuai²¹/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], /mu̯ɔ³⁵ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/, /mɔː⁵⁵ kʷaːi̯³³/, /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² kuai⁴¹/, /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² kuai²¹/, /mɔ̃¹³⁻²² kuai²¹/ Chinese transliterations: móguài [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄇㄛˊ ㄍㄨㄞˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], mo¹ gwaai³ [Cantonese, Jyutping], mô͘-koài, móguài [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄇㄛˊ ㄍㄨㄞˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], móguài [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], mo²-kuai⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], mwó-gwài [Mandarin, Yale, standard], moguay [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], могуай [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], moguaj [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], mō gwaai [Cantonese, Yale], mo¹ gwaai³ [Cantonese, Pinyin], mo¹ guai³ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], mô͘-koài [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], môo-kuài [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], mo'koaix [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 魔怪
  1. demons and monsters; fiends
    Sense id: en-魔怪-zh-noun-8l~9m6BJ
  2. (Chinese mythology) mogwai (a kind of demon held to be harmful to humans) Tags: Chinese
    Sense id: en-魔怪-zh-noun-FVghxnM4 Categories (other): Chinese mythology, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 67 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "moguay"
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      "zh-pron": "могуай"
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "moguaj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mu̯ɔ³⁵ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/",
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        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
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      "zh-pron": "mō gwaai"
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    },
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "mo¹ guai³"
    },
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      "ipa": "/mɔː⁵⁵ kʷaːi̯³³/",
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "môo-kuài"
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      "zh-pron": "mo'koaix"
    },
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        "Min-Nan",
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    {
      "ipa": "/mu̯ɔ³⁵ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɔː⁵⁵ kʷaːi̯³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² kuai⁴¹/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² kuai²¹/"
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      "ipa": "/mɔ̃¹³⁻²² kuai²¹/"
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    },
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      "zh-pron": "могуай"
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      "zh-pron": "moguaj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mu̯ɔ³⁵ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/",
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        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mō gwaai"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mo¹ gwaai³"
    },
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mo¹ guai³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɔː⁵⁵ kʷaːi̯³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mô͘-koài"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "môo-kuài"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mo'koaix"
    },
    {
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        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mu̯ɔ³⁵ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɔː⁵⁵ kʷaːi̯³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² kuai⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² kuai²¹/"
    },
    {
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  "word": "魔怪"
}

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