魑魅魍魎

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 ljɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • 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

魑魅魍魎

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

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (魑魅魍魎):

• → Japanese: 魑魅魍魎(ちみもうりょう) (chimimōryō)
• → Korean: 이매망량(魑魅魍魎) (imaemangnyang)

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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	goon		kan’on

Etymology

Borrowing from Chinese 魑魅魍魎, equivalent to 魑(ち)魅(み) (chimi, “mountain and forest monsters”) + 魍(もう)魎(りょう) (mōryō, “mountain, stream, and tree spirits”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ち​みもーりょー [chíꜜmì mòóryóó] (Atamadaka + Heiban – [1]-[0])[1]

• (Tokyo) ち​みもーりょー [chíꜜmì mòòryòò] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕimʲi mo̞ːɾʲo̞ː]

Noun

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

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

See also

• 怪(かい)物(ぶつ) (kaibutsu)
• 化(ば)け物(もの) (bakemono)
• 妖(よう)怪(かい) (yōkai)
• 妖(よう)怪(かい)変(へん)化(げ) (yōkai henge)

See also

• 魑魅魍魎 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• chimimōryō on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

1. 2011, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Seventh Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN