妖物

Chinese

		goblin; witch; devil goblin; witch; devil; bewitching; enchanting; monster; phantom	thing; object; matter
trad. (妖物)		妖	物
simp. #(妖物)		妖	物

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yāowù

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠ ㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu² mat⁶, jiu¹ mat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yāowù
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠ ㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yaowù
    • Wade–Giles: yao¹-wu⁴
    • Yale: yāu-wù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iauwuh
    • Palladius: яо’у (jao’u)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ u⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu² mat⁶, jiu¹ mat⁶
    • Yale: yíu maht, yīu maht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu² mat⁹, jiu¹ mat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu² med⁶, yiu¹ med⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯³⁵ mɐt̚²/, /jiːu̯⁵⁵ mɐt̚²/

Noun

妖物

1. supernatural being; monster; devil; goblin

Synonyms

• 凶煞 (xiōngshà) (literally or figuratively)
• 凶神 (xiōngshén) (literally or figuratively)
• 妖 (yāo)
• 妖孽 (yāoniè)
• 妖怪 (yāoguài)
• 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)