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; moldy
simp. and trad. (倒霉)		倒	霉
variant forms		倒楣

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dǎoméi

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˇ ㄇㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dou² mui⁴
Min Nan (POJ): tó-mûi / tó-bôe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dǎoméi
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˇ ㄇㄟˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daomei
  - IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ meɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: dou² mui⁴
  - Yale: dóu mùih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dou² mui⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: dou² mui⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /tou̯³⁵ muːy̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tó-mûi
  - Tâi-lô: tó-muî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: doymuii
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /to⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ muĩ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /to⁵³⁻⁴⁴ 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

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

Synonyms

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

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