魔怪

Chinese

		devil	queer; to blame
trad. (魔怪)		魔	怪
simp. #(魔怪)		魔	怪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): móguài

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ㄍㄨㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mo¹ gwaai³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mô͘-koài

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: móguài
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄍㄨㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: móguài
    • Wade–Giles: mo²-kuai⁴
    • Yale: mwó-gwài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moguay
    • Palladius: могуай (moguaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mo¹ gwaai³
    • Yale: mō gwaai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mo¹ gwaai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: mo¹ guai³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔː⁵⁵ kʷaːi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-koài
    • Tâi-lô: môo-kuài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mo'koaix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² kuai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² kuai²¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃¹³⁻²² kuai²¹/

Noun

魔怪

1. demons and monsters; fiends
2. (Chinese mythology) mogwai (a kind of demon held to be harmful to humans)

Descendants

• → English: mogwai