消災

Chinese

		consume; news; subside consume; news; subside; to disappear; to vanish	disaster; calamity
trad. (消災)		消	災
simp. (消灾)		消	灾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāozāi

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ ㄗㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu¹ zoi¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sêu-châi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siau-chai

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāozāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ ㄗㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siaozai
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao¹-tsai¹
    • Yale: syāu-dzāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiautzai
    • Palladius: сяоцзай (sjaoczaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu¹ zoi¹
    • Yale: sīu jōi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu¹ dzoi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu¹ zoi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯⁵⁵ t͡sɔːi̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sêu-châi
    • Hakka Romanization System: seu´ zai´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: seu¹ zai¹
    • Sinological IPA: /seu̯²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sai̯²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siau-chai
    • Tâi-lô: siau-tsai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siauzay
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siau⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siau³³ t͡sai³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siau⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sai⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sai⁴⁴/

Verb

消災

1. to avoid calamities