魔怪

Chinese

		devil	queer; to blame
simp. and trad. (魔怪)		魔	怪

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): móguài

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ㄍㄨㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mo¹ gwaai³
Min Nan (POJ): mô͘-koài

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: móguài
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄍㄨㄞˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moguay
  - IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ ku̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mo¹ gwaai³
  - Yale: mō gwaai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mo¹ gwaai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: mo¹ guai³
  - IPA ^(key): /mɔː⁵⁵ kʷäːi̯³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-koài
  - Tâi-lô: môo-kuài
  - Phofsit Daibuun: mo'koaix
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² kuai⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² kuai²¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃¹³⁻²² kuai²¹/

Noun

魔怪

demons and monsters; fiends
(Chinese folklore) mogwai (a kind of demon held to be harmful to humans)

Descendants

English: mogwai

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