災星

Chinese

		disaster; calamity	star; satellite; small amount
trad. (災星)		災	星
simp. (灾星)		灾	星

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zāixīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄞ ㄒㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoi¹ sing¹
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): châi-sên

  (Meixian, Guangdong): zai¹ sên¹

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chai-seng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zāixīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄞ ㄒㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zaising
    • Wade–Giles: tsai¹-hsing¹
    • Yale: dzāi-syīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaishing
    • Palladius: цзайсин (czajsin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saɪ̯⁵⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoi¹ sing¹
    • Yale: jōi sīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoi¹ sing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zoi¹ xing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːi̯⁵⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: châi-sên
    • Hakka Romanization System: zai´ sen´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zai¹ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sai̯²⁴⁻¹¹ sen²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: zai¹ sên¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡saɪ⁴⁴ sɛn⁴⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chai-seng
    • Tâi-lô: tsai-sing
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zaisefng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sai⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sai³³ siɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sai⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sai⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sai⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

災星

1. (literary, literally) astronomical sign of impending doom
2. (literary, figuratively) person or thing that brings disaster