倒霉

Chinese

		upset; turn over; to tip upset; turn over; to tip; to pour; to go home; to the contrary; inverted; to fall; to collapse; to topple; to change; to fail; bankrupt	bacteria; fungi; mouldy
trad. (倒霉)		倒	霉
simp. #(倒霉)		倒	霉
alternative forms		倒楣 倒煤

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎoméi

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˇ ㄇㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou² mui⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tó-mûi / tó-bôe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎoméi
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˇ ㄇㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎoméi
    • Wade–Giles: tao³-mei²
    • Yale: dǎu-méi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daomei
    • Palladius: даомэй (daomɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ meɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou² mui⁴
    • Yale: dóu mùih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou² mui⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou² mui⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯³⁵ muːi̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tó-mûi
    • Tâi-lô: tó-muî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doymuii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /to⁵³⁻⁴⁴ muĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /to⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ muĩ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tó-bôe
    • Tâi-lô: tó-buê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doy'boee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /to⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bue¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /to⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bue²⁴/

Verb

倒霉

1. to be out of luck; to be in an unlucky situation
2. (colloquial, of a woman) to have one's period

Synonyms

• (to be out of luck): 倒運／倒运 (dǎoyùn); (Min Nan) 衰䆀, 衰尾

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