妖孽

Chinese

		goblin; witch; devil goblin; witch; devil; bewitching; enchanting; monster; phantom	consequence of sin
trad. (妖孽)		妖	孽
simp. #(妖孽)		妖	孽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yāoniè

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠ ㄋㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu² jip⁶, jiu¹ jip⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iau-gia̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yāoniè
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠ ㄋㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yaoniè
    • Wade–Giles: yao¹-nieh⁴
    • Yale: yāu-nyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iaunieh
    • Palladius: яоне (jaone)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ni̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu² jip⁶, jiu¹ jip⁶
    • Yale: yíu yihp, yīu yihp
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu² jip⁹, jiu¹ jip⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yiu² yib⁶, yiu¹ yib⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯³⁵ jiːp̚²/, /jiːu̯⁵⁵ jiːp̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iau-gia̍t
    • Tâi-lô: iau-gia̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iau'giat
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iau⁴⁴⁻²² ɡiɛt̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iau³³ ɡiɛt̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iau⁴⁴⁻²² ɡiɛt̚⁴/

Noun

妖孽

1. ill omens
2. demons and ghosts
3. (figurative) evil-doer

Synonyms

• (demons and ghosts):

• 凶煞 (xiōngshà) (literally or figuratively)
• 凶神 (xiōngshén) (literally or figuratively)
• 妖 (yāo)
• 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)

 

Adjective

妖孽

1. (Quanzhou Hokkien) rare; rarely seen; unusual