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妖 (jiu2) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

妖 (jiu2, yāo) — goblin; witch; devil; bewitching; enchanting; monster; phantom; demon; supernatural; strange; weird; evil; demonic; coqettish; enchanting; an exclamation; expletive, similar to saying 'shit!'; euphemism for 𨳒, fuck

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 妖怪 (jiu2 gwaai3) — ogre
• 妖聲妖氣 (jiu1 seng1 jiu1 hei3) — it describes people who use different voice and tone when they speak, to show t…
• 妖 (jiu1) — goblin; witch; devil; bewitching; enchanting; monster; phantom; demon; supernat…
• 妖人 (jiu2 jan4) — magician; sorcerer
• 妖冶 (jiu2 je5) — pretty and flirtatious
• 妖姬 (jiu2 gei1) — (literary) beauty (usually of a maid or concubine)

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