Usage of the character 妖
yāo
妖
[妖]
- goblin
- witch
- devil
- bewitching
- enchanting
- monster
- phantom
- demon
rényāo
人妖
[人妖]
- transvestite
- transsexual
- ladyboy
yāojī
妖姬
[妖姬]
- (literary) beauty (usually of a maid or concubine)
yāoguài
妖怪
[妖怪]
- monster
- devil
yāofēng
妖风
[妖風]
- evil wind
yāomó
妖魔
[妖魔]
- demon
yāoshù
妖术
[妖術]
- sorcery
xiǎoyāo
小妖
[小妖]
- small demon
zhènyāo
镇妖
[鎮妖]
- to drive away evil spirits
yāoyě
妖冶
[妖冶]
- pretty and flirtatious
yāofù
妖妇
[妖婦]
- witch (esp. European)
yāowù
妖物
[妖物]
- monster
yāoyán
妖言
[妖言]
- heresy
yāomèi
妖媚
[妖媚]
- seductive
yāoxié
妖邪
[妖邪]
- evil monster
yāorén
妖人
[妖人]
- magician
- sorcerer
yāoqì
妖气
[妖氣]
- sinister appearance
- monster-like appearance
yāojing
妖精
[妖精]
- evil spirit
- alluring woman
xiángyāo
降妖
[降妖]
- to subdue monsters
yāoyàn
妖艳
[妖艷]
- pretty and flirtatious
yāoráo
妖娆
[妖嬈]
- enchanting
- alluring (of a girl)
yāoniè
妖孽
[妖孽]
- evildoer
yāonü
妖女
[妖女]
- beautiful woman
zhàoyāojìng
照妖镜
[照妖鏡]
- magic mirror for revealing goblins
- fig. way of seeing through a conspiracy
yāoshùshī
妖术师
[妖術師]
- warlock
- sorcerer
xiǎoyāojīng
小妖精
[小妖精]
- goblin
- hussy
- floozy
Túyāojié
屠妖节
[屠妖節]
- Deepavali (Hindu festival)
yāomóhuà
妖魔化
[妖魔化]
- to demonize
Kǒudài Yāoguài
口袋妖怪
[口袋妖怪]
- Pokémon (Japanese media franchise)
xīngyāozuòguài
兴妖作怪
[興妖作怪]
- lit. to summon demons to create havoc (idiom)
- fig. to stir up all kinds of trouble
yāoyánhuòzhòng
妖言惑众
[妖言惑眾]
- to mislead the public with rumors (idiom)
- to delude the people with lies
lánsèyāojī
蓝色妖姬
[藍色妖姬]
- blue rose
yāomóguǐguài
妖魔鬼怪
[妖魔鬼怪]
- demons and ghosts
- ghouls and bogies