凶煞

Chinese

		fierce; terrible; ominous	baleful; bring to a stop; very baleful; bring to a stop; very; decrease; tighten
trad. (凶煞/兇煞)		凶/兇	煞
simp. (凶煞)		凶	煞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiōngshà

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄥ ㄕㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hung¹ saat³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiōngshà
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄥ ㄕㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syongshà
    • Wade–Giles: hsiung¹-sha⁴
    • Yale: syūng-shà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiongshah
    • Palladius: сюнша (sjunša)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hung¹ saat³
    • Yale: hūng saat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hung¹ saat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: hung¹ sad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hʊŋ⁵⁵ saːt̚³/

Noun

凶煞

1. (literally, figuratively) demon; fiend; devil

Synonyms

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