妖
怪

Monster in Chinese: 妖怪 (yāo guài)

yāo guài

monster

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1monster
  2. 2devil

Stroke order

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妖
怪

Zhuyin

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ㄧㄠ

yāo

ㄧ/ iㄠ/ ao—/ first tone

ㄍㄨㄞˋ

guài

ㄍ/ gㄨ/ uㄞ/ aiˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 这个故事里的妖怪最后被打败了。

    zhè ge gù shì lǐ de yāo guài zuì hòu bèi dǎ bài le。

    The monster in this story was finally defeated.

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Related words

怪

guài

bewildering

奇怪

qí guài

strange

难怪

nán guài

(it's) no wonder (that...)

古怪

gǔ guài

strange

怪物

guài wu

monster

怪异

guài yì

monstrous

责怪

zé guài

to blame

怪不得

guài bu de

no wonder!

大惊小怪

dà jīng xiǎo guài

to make a fuss about nothing (idiom)

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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