幽魂 (yōu hún) — spirit, specter, ghost (often with a haunting or eerie connotation)
Definition
Literary word for a wandering, haunting ghost or specter — more eerie and written than the everyday 鬼, and used mainly in fiction, poetry, or dramatic storytelling.
noun
spiritspecterghost (often with a haunting or eerie connotation)
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 幽魂。Chuán shuō zhè zuò gǔ zhái lǐ cháng yǒu yōu hún chū mò.Legend has it that spirits often haunt this old mansion.
- 幽魂。Tā zài mèng zhōng jiàn dào yí gè yōu hún.He saw a specter in his dream.
- 幽魂。Zhè ge gù shi jiǎng de shì yí gè yōu hún de fù chóu.This story is about a ghost's revenge.
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