yêu quái
Pronunciation
Northern
/iəw˧˧ kwaːj˧˥/
Central
/iəw˧˥ kwa̰ːj˩˧/
Southern
/iəw˧˧ waːj˧˥/
Listen
monster or wicked spirit
Noun
monster or wicked spirit
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Meaning
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Noun
monster or wicked spirit Culture & Proper Nouns
A strange creature or an evil spirit that often appears in folk stories and legends.
vi Những con yêu quái thường xuất hiện trong bóng tối.
en Monsters often appear in the dark.
Parts
yêu / quái / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 妖怪 …
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Parts
yêu / quái / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 妖怪 …
OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 妖怪
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
妖怪
Candidates by syllable
yêu
要
quái
拐（卦）
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Similar
quái vật / ông kẹ / quái thú / monster
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Similar
quái vật / ông kẹ / quái thú / monster
Use
tình yêu / yêu nước / người yêu / yêu cầu …
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Use
tình yêu / yêu nước / người yêu / yêu cầu …