魑魅魍魎

See also: 魑魅魍魉

Chinese

		evil spirit; demon	demons and monsters; light part of a shadow
trad. (魑魅魍魎)		魑魅	魍魎
simp. (魑魅魍魉)		魑魅	魍魉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chīmèi wǎngliǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄇㄟˋ ㄨㄤˇ ㄌㄧㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ci¹ mei⁶ mong⁵ loeng⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chīmèi wǎngliǎng [Phonetic: chīmèiwángliǎng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄇㄟˋ ㄨㄤˇ ㄌㄧㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chihmèi wǎngliǎng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹-mei⁴ wang³-liang³
    • Yale: chr̄-mèi wǎng-lyǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chymey woangleang
    • Palladius: чимэй ванлян (čimɛj vanljan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ meɪ̯⁵¹ wɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ci¹ mei⁶ mong⁵ loeng⁵
    • Yale: chī meih móhng léuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsi¹ mei⁶ mong⁵ loeng⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: qi¹ méi⁶ mong⁵ lêng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiː⁵⁵ mei̯²² mɔːŋ¹³ lœːŋ¹³/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 魑魅魍魎

1. the four demons chi, mei, wang and liang; demons and monsters of all kinds

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
魑	魅	魍	魎
ち Hyōgaiji	み Grade: S	もう Hyōgaiji	りょう Hyōgaiji
on'yomi

Etymology

Borrowing from Chinese 魑魅魍魎／魑魅魍魉 (chīmèi wǎngliǎng), equivalent to 魑魅(ちみ) (chimi, “mountain and forest monsters”) + 魍魎(もうりょう) (mōryō, “mountain, stream, and tree spirits”).

Noun

魑(ち)魅(み)魍(もう)魎(りょう) • (chimimōryō) ^{←ちみまうりやう (timimauryau)?}

1. (folklore, mythology) the various monsters and spirits (of the forests, mountains, and rivers)

See also

• 怪物(かいぶつ) (kaibutsu)
• 化(ば)け物(もの) (bakemono)
• 妖怪(ようかい) (yōkai)
• 妖怪(ようかい)変化(へんげ) (yōkai henge)