妖 - yāo - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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妖

yāo

Definition

goblin
witch
devil
bewitching
enchanting
monster
phantom
demon

Character Decomposition

Related words (26)

magician; sorcerer

pretty and flirtatious

beautiful woman

witch (esp. European)

妖姬

yāo jī

(literary) beauty (usually of a maid or concubine)

妖娆

yāo ráo

enchanting; alluring (of a girl)

seductive

evildoer

monster; demon; devil; goblin; bogy; evil spirit

sorcery

sinister appearance; monster-like appearance

monster

evil spirit; alluring woman

妖艳

yāo yàn

pretty and flirtatious

heresy

evil monster

evil wind

demon

evildoers; demons and ghosts; ghouls and bogies; evil spirits of all kinds

人妖

rén yāo

transvestite; transsexual; ladyboy

small demon

to drive away evil spirits

to subdue monsters

goblin; hussy; floozy

照妖镜

zhào yāo jìng

magic mirror for revealing goblins; (fig.) way of seeing through a conspiracy

蓝色妖姬

lán sè yāo jī

blue rose

Idioms (2)

妖言惑众

yāo yán huò zhòng

to mislead the public with rumors (idiom); to delude the people with lies

兴妖作怪

xīng yāo zuò guài

(lit.) to summon demons to create havoc (idiom); (fig.) to stir up all kinds of trouble

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