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): ㄔㄇㄟˋ ㄨㄤˇ ㄌㄧㄤˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ci¹ mei⁶ mong⁵ loeng⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chīmèi wǎngliǎng [Phonetic: chīmèiwángliǎng]
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄇㄟˋ 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

魑魅魍魎

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)

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／魑魅魍魉 (chīmèi wǎngliǎng), 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)^?}

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

Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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