妖怪

Chinese

		goblin; witch; devil goblin; witch; devil; bewitching; enchanting; monster; phantom	queer; to blame
trad. (妖怪)		妖	怪
simp. #(妖怪)		妖	怪

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 妖怪 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• Yaoguai (English)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yāoguài

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠ ㄍㄨㄞˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ёгуэ (i͡ogue, I-III)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu² gwaai³ / jiu¹ gwaai³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yêu-koai
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iau-koài

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yāoguài → yāoguai (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠ ㄍㄨㄞˋ → ㄧㄠ ˙ㄍㄨㄞ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yaoguåi
    • Wade–Giles: yao¹-kuai⁵
    • Yale: yāu-gwai
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iau.guay
    • Palladius: яогуай (jaoguaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/ → /jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ g̊u̯aɪ̯²/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ёгуэ (i͡ogue, I-III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iɔː²⁴ kuɛ⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu² gwaai³ / jiu¹ gwaai³
    • Yale: yíu gwaai / yīu gwaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu² gwaai³ / jiu¹ gwaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu² guai³ / yiu¹ guai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯³⁵ kʷaːi̯³³/, /jiːu̯⁵⁵ kʷaːi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yêu-koai
    • Hakka Romanization System: ieu^ˊ guai
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yeu¹ guai⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯eu̯²⁴⁻¹¹ ku̯ai̯⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yêu-koai
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)ieu^ˊ guai
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yeu¹ guai⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯eu̯²⁴⁻¹¹ ku̯ai̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iau-koài
    • Tâi-lô: iau-kuài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iau'koaix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iau⁴⁴⁻²² kuai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iau³³ kuai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iau⁴⁴⁻²² kuai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iau⁴⁴⁻³³ kuai¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iau⁴⁴⁻³³ kuai²¹/

Noun

妖怪

1. (usually in Chinese mythology) supernatural being; monster; devil; goblin

Synonyms

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• 凶煞 (xiōngshà) (literally or figuratively)
• 凶神 (xiōngshén) (literally or figuratively)
• 妖 (yāo)
• 妖孽 (yāoniè)
• 妖物 (yāowù)
• 妖精 (yāojīng)
• 妖鬼 (yāoguǐ)
• 妖魔 (yāomó)
• 孽 (niè) (literary, or in compounds)
• 怪物 (guàiwu)
• 惡魔 / 恶魔 (èmó) (literally or figuratively)
• 煞 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 煞神 (shàshén) (literary, literally or figuratively)
• 精怪 (jīngguài)
• 精靈 / 精灵 (jīnglíng)
• 邪魔 (xiémó)
• 魔 (mó) (literary, or in compounds)
• 魔障 (mózhàng) (Buddhism)
• 魔鬼 (móguǐ) (literally or figuratively)

Derived terms

• 口袋妖怪 (Kǒudài Yāoguài)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (妖怪):

• → Japanese: 妖怪(ようかい) (yōkai)
• → Korean: 요괴(妖怪) (yogoe)
• → Vietnamese: yêu quái (妖怪)