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yêu nghiệt

Pronunciation Northern /iəw˧˧ ŋiə̰ʔt˨˩/ Central /iəw˧˥ ŋiə̰k˨˨/ Southern /iəw˧˧ ŋiək˨˩˨/
evil spirit
Noun
evil spirit
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2 senses 2 Components
Meaning
2 senses
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Noun

Sense 1 Noun
evil spirit

A supernatural being believed to possess magical powers and cause harm to humans.

vi Người dân sợ hãi loài yêu nghiệt trong rừng.

en The people are afraid of the evil spirit in the forest.

Adjective

Sense 2 Adjective
monstrous

Having a strange or wicked quality similar to that of an evil supernatural being.

vi Hắn ta có một nụ cười yêu nghiệt.

en He has a wicked and monstrous smile.

Parts
yêu / nghiệt / 要孽
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
要孽
Candidates by syllable
yêu 要 nghiệt 孽
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Similar
yêu / yêu nước / yêu dấu / yêu quý …
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Use
tình yêu / người yêu / yêu cầu / yêu thương …
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