妖魔

Chinese

		goblin; witch; devil goblin; witch; devil; bewitching; enchanting; monster; phantom	devil
trad. (妖魔)		妖	魔
simp. #(妖魔)		妖	魔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yāomó

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠ ㄇㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu² mo¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iau-mô͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yāomó
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠ ㄇㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yaomó
    • Wade–Giles: yao¹-mo²
    • Yale: yāu-mwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iaumo
    • Palladius: яомо (jaomo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ mu̯ɔ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu² mo¹
    • Yale: yíu mō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu² mo¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu² mo¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯³⁵ mɔː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iau-mô͘
    • Tâi-lô: iau-môo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iaumoo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iau⁴⁴⁻²² mɔ̃²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iau³³ mɔ̃²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iau⁴⁴⁻²² mɔ̃¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iau⁴⁴⁻³³ mɔ̃²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iau⁴⁴⁻³³ mɔ̃²³/

Noun

妖魔

1. ghost; monster; demon

Synonyms

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• 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)
• 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

• 妖魔化 (yāomóhuà)
• 妖魔鬼怪 (yāomóguǐguài)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
妖	魔
よう Grade: S	ま Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jo̞ːma̠]

Noun

妖(よう)魔(ま) • (yōma) ^{←えうま (euma)?}

1. ghost; apparition; monster; demon

Synonyms

• 妖霊(ようれい) (yōrei)
• 妖怪(ようかい) (yōkai)
• あやかし (ayakashi)