# 妖怪 (yāoguài)

In Mandarin Chinese, 妖怪 (yāoguài) means “monster; demon; goblin”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: monster; demon; goblin
- Pinyin: yāoguài (yao1 guai4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 故事里的英雄打败了邪恶的妖怪。
  Gùshi lǐ de yīngxióng dǎbài le xié'è de yāoguài.
  The hero in the story defeated the evil monster.

## Characters

- 妖 (yāo): goblin; witch
- [怪](https://hanziro.com/word/guai-strange/) (guài): strange; odd

https://hanziro.com/word/yao-guai-monster/

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