妖 yāo
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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) -
adjective
lovely; charming
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 妩媚 (Guoyu '妖' adj 1) -
adjective
strange; weird; supernatural
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 奇怪 (Guoyu '妖' adj 2; Unihan '妖') -
adjective
unusual; magical; viṣama
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: viṣama, Japanese: you (BCSD '妖', p. 356; MW 'viṣama'; SH '妖', p. 234; Unihan '妖')
Contained in
- 傲慢之妖 the demon of pride
- 妖发为精(妖發為精) the demon springs forth as the spirit
Also contained in
妖言惑众 、 妖术师 、 妖风 、 妖女 、 妖邪 、 平妖传 、 妖道 、 妖冶 、 妖人 、 小妖 、 人妖 、 妖气 、 降妖 、 妖怪 、 斩妖 、 妖媚 、 妖氛 、 妖艳 、 兴妖作怪 、 妖妇 、 妖言 、 妖姬 、 蓝色妖姬 、 镇妖 、 妖物 、 妖调 、 妖魔鬼怪 、 妖孽 、 妖孽亦先见 、 妖术 、 妖魔 、 屠妖节 、 小妖精 、 妖精 、 妖娆 、 照妖镜 、 走妖魔
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 11 Fo Zu Lidai Tong Zai 佛祖歷代通載 — count: 10
- Scroll 55 Fa Yuan Zhu Lin 法苑珠林 — count: 10
- Scroll 7 Guang Hong Ming Ji 廣弘明集 — count: 9 , has English translation
- Scroll 4 Sutra of the Collection of the Six Perfections (Liu Du Ji Jing) 六度集經 — count: 9 , has English translation , has parallel version
- Scroll 31 Fa Yuan Zhu Lin 法苑珠林 — count: 9
- Scroll 1 Sanjiao Ping Xin Lun 三教平心論 — count: 9
- Scroll 14 Guang Hong Ming Ji 廣弘明集 — count: 8 , has English translation
- Scroll 6 Guang Hong Ming Ji 廣弘明集 — count: 7 , has English translation
- Scroll 11 Guang Hong Ming Ji 廣弘明集 — count: 6 , has English translation
- Scroll 1 Po Xie Lun 破邪論 — count: 6
Collocations
- 妖魅 (妖魅) 餓鬼師子及諸妖魅 — Jātaka stories (Sheng Jing) 生經, Scroll 2 — count: 29
- 妖蛊 (妖蠱) 皆是妖蠱 — Nirvāṇa Sūtra 佛般泥洹經, Scroll 2 — count: 24
- 鬼妖 (鬼妖) 好事鬼妖 — Sutra of the Collection of the Six Perfections (Liu Du Ji Jing) 六度集經, Scroll 3 — count: 14
- 妖星 (妖星) 白虹妖星墮 — Mahāsaṃnipātasūtra (Great Compilation) 大方等大集經, Scroll 56 — count: 10
- 妖幻 (妖幻) 善解婦女妖幻之事 — Fo Ben Xing Ji Jing (Abhiniṣkramaṇasūtra) 佛本行集經, Scroll 28 — count: 7
- 邪妖 (邪妖) 諸邪妖魅 — The Lotus Sutra (Zheng Fa Hua Jing) 正法華經, Scroll 2 — count: 5
- 妖异 (妖異) 妖異蠱道 — Jātaka stories (Sheng Jing) 生經, Scroll 1 — count: 4
- 鬼神妖 (鬼神妖) 王者土地鬼神妖魅 — Mahāratnakūṭasūtra (The Great Treasures Collection Sūtra) 大寶積經, Scroll 13 — count: 4
- 众妖 (眾妖) 非彼眾妖 — Sutra of the Collection of the Six Perfections (Liu Du Ji Jing) 六度集經, Scroll 1 — count: 4
- 一妖 (一妖) 有一妖祥幻化物出 — Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra (Mahaparinirvana Sutra) 大般涅槃經, Scroll 30 — count: 4