精怪

Chinese

		energy; perfect; excellent energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient	queer; to blame
trad. (精怪)		精	怪
simp. #(精怪)		精	怪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīngguài

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥ ㄍㄨㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ gwaai³
• Gan (Wiktionary): 'jiang¹ gua⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīngguài
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄍㄨㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jingguài
    • Wade–Giles: ching¹-kuai⁴
    • Yale: jīng-gwài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingguay
    • Palladius: цзингуай (czinguaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing¹ gwaai³
    • Yale: jīng gwaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ gwaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing¹ guai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ kʷaːi̯³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: 'jiang¹ gua⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˈt͡ɕiaŋ⁴² kua³⁵/

Noun

精怪

1. (mythology) demon; spirit

Synonyms

• 凶煞 (xiōngshà) (literally or figuratively)
• 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

• 古靈精怪／古灵精怪 (gǔlíngjīngguài)