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妖怪

妖怪 (yāo guài): Monster / demon (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

妖怪 consists of 2 characters.

monster, demon, evil spirit; bewitching

strange, unusual, to blame

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Word Info

Pinyinyāo guài

MeaningMonster / demon

Characters2

HSK3.0 Level 7-9

SyntaxNoun

Word妖怪

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How to Use 妖怪 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 妖怪 with other words naturally.

Subject + Verbwith出现

yāo妖

guài怪

chū出

xiàn现

neutral

monster appears

Measure Word + Nounwith个

yī一

gè个

yāo妖

guài怪

Adjective + Nounwith可怕

kě可

pà怕

de的

yāo妖

guài怪

Verb + Objectwith打

dǎ打

yāo妖

guài怪

neutral

fight monsters

4.

Example Sentences with 妖怪

zhè这

shì是

yí一

gè个

yāo妖

guài怪

。

neutral

a monster

neutral

scary monster

This is a monster.

chuán传

shuō说

zhōng中

，

nà那

ge个

gǔ古

lǎo老

de的

sēn森

lín林

lǐ里

zhù住

zhe着

kě可

pà怕

de的

yāo妖

guài怪

。

Legend has it that a terrifying monster lives in that ancient forest.

nǐ你

nán难

dào道

zhēn真

de的

xiāng相

xìn信

shì世

jiè界

shàng上

cún存

zài在

yāo妖

guài怪

ma吗

？

Do you really believe that monsters exist in the world?

gù故

shì事

lǐ里

yǒu有

hěn很

duō多

yāo妖

guài怪

。

There are many monsters in the story.

tā他

huà画

de的

yāo妖

guài怪

suī虽

rán然

xià吓

rén人

，

dàn但

chōng充

mǎn满

le了

yì艺

shù术

xiǎng想

xiàng象

lì力

。

Although the monster he drew is scary, it is full of artistic imagination.

wǒ我

cóng从

bú不

rèn认

wéi为

nà那

xiē些

chuán传

shuō说

shì是

guān关

yú于

zhēn真

shí实

de的

yāo妖

guài怪

。

I never believed those legends were about real monsters.

hái孩

zi子

men们

hài害

pà怕

hēi黑

àn暗

zhōng中

de的

yāo妖

guài怪

。

Children are afraid of monsters in the dark.

zuó昨

wǎn晚

de的

diàn电

yǐng影

lǐ里

，

nà那

ge个

yāo妖

guài怪

de的

tè特

xiào效

zuò做

dé得

tài太

bī逼

zhēn真

le了

。

In last night's movie, the special effects for that monster were too realistic.

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