妖 yāo
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yāo
noun
goblin; witch; devil; monster; demon
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Mythology
Notes: For example, the title of the movie 妖猫传 'Legend of the Demon Cat' (Guoyu '妖' n) -
yāo
adjective
lovely; charming
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 妩媚 (Guoyu '妖' adj 1) -
yāo
adjective
strange; weird; supernatural
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 奇怪 (Guoyu '妖' adj 2; Unihan '妖')
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- 妖调(妖調) pretty and flirtatious
- 妖道 a dark magician
- 走妖魔 to release the demons
- 妖言惑众(妖言惑眾) to mislead the public with rumors; to delude the people with lies
- 妖邪 evil monster
- 妖孽亦先见(妖孽亦先見) a bad omen will first be seen
- 妖孽 an evil omen ; chaos; a disaster
- 妖气(妖氣) sinister appearance; monster-like appearance
- 妖冶 pretty and flirtatious
- 人妖 transvestite; transsexual; ladyboy
- 妖术师(妖術師) warlock; sorcerer
- 妖艳(妖艷) pretty and flirtatious
- 妖女 beautiful woman
- 妖氛 an unwholesome atmosphere
- 兴妖作怪(興妖作怪) to summon demons to create havoc; to stir up all kinds of trouble
- 妖媚 seductive
- 妖魔鬼怪 demons and ghosts; ghouls and bogies
- 降妖 to subdue a monster
- 妖妇(妖婦) witch (especially European)
- 妖娆(妖嬈) enchanting; alluring
- 妖风(妖風) evil wind
- 妖魔 demon
- 蓝色妖姬(藍色妖姬) blue rose
- 妖精 an evil spirit; an alluring woman
- 小妖精 goblin; hussy; floozy
- 镇妖(鎮妖) to drive away evil spirits
- 妖物 monster
- 妖言 heresy
- 妖姬 beauty
- 妖人 magician; sorcerer
- 屠妖节(屠妖節) Deepavali (Hindu festival)
- 小妖 small demon
- 斩妖(斬妖) to exorcise a demon
- 妖术(妖術) sorcery
- 照妖镜(照妖鏡) magic mirror for revealing goblins; way of seeing through a conspiracy
- 妖怪 monster
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- 第七十一回 Chapter 71 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 61
- 第四十二回 Chapter 42 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 40
- 卷二十八 志第十八 五行中 Volume 28 Treatises 18: Five Elements Part Two Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 38
- 卷二十九 志第十九 五行下 Volume 29 Treatises 19: Five Elements Part Three Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 36
- 第七十回 Chapter 70 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 35
- 卷二十七 志第十七 五行上 Volume 27 Treatises 17: Five Elements Part One Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 31
- 卷二十七下之上 五行志 Volume 27d: Treatise on the Five Elements 4 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 29
- 卷三十四 志第二十四 五行一 Volume 34 Treatises 28: Five Elements 1 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 29
- 第六十五回 Chapter 65 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 28
- 卷23 志第18 五行下 Volume 23 Treatises 18: Five Elements 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 25
Collocations
- 妖祥 (妖祥) 疾疢不作而無妖祥 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《樂記》 Record of Music — count: 12
- 服妖 (服妖) 時則有服妖 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十七中之上 五行志 Volume 27b: Treatise on the Five Elements 2 — count: 8
- 草妖 (草妖) 時則有草妖 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十七中之下 五行志 Volume 27c: Treatise on the Five Elements 3 — count: 7
- 鼓妖 (鼓妖) 時則有鼓妖 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十七中之下 五行志 Volume 27c: Treatise on the Five Elements 3 — count: 6
- 妖贼 (妖賊) 楊州六郡妖賊章河等寇四十九縣 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷六 孝順孝沖孝質帝紀 Volume 6: Annals of Emperor Xiaoshun; Emperor Xiaochong; Emperor Xiaozhi — count: 6
- 射妖 (射妖) 時則有射妖 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十七下之上 五行志 Volume 27d: Treatise on the Five Elements 4 — count: 5
- 妖巫 (妖巫) 妖巫李廣等羣起據皖城 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷一下 光武帝紀 Volume 1b: Annals of Emperor Guangwu — count: 5
- 诗妖 (詩妖) 則有犬禍詩妖 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十六 天文志 Volume 26: Treatise on Astronomy — count: 4
- 妖恶 (妖惡) 凡諸妖惡 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷七 孝桓帝紀 Volume 7: Annals of Emperor Xiaohuan — count: 4
- 妖狗 (妖狗) 厥妖狗冠出朝門 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十七中之上 五行志 Volume 27b: Treatise on the Five Elements 2 — count: 4