倒霉

Chinese edit

	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 edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dǎoméi

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˇ ㄇㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dou² mui⁴
Gan (Wiktionary): dau³ mi⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tó-mûi / tó-bôe
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁵tau ⁶me

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/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: dau³ mi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tau²¹³⁻¹³ mi³⁵/
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/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁵tau ⁶me
  - MiniDict: tau^去 me^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tau ³me
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tɔ⁴⁴ me²³/

Adjective edit

倒霉

out of luck; in an unlucky situation
(euphemistic, colloquial, of a woman) on one's period

Synonyms edit

(out of luck):

不幸 (bùxìng)
倒運／倒运 (dǎoyùn)
悲催 (bēicuī) (neologism, jocular)
敗興／败兴 (bàixìng) (regional)
晦氣／晦气 (huìqì)
背時／背时 (bèishí)
背興／背兴 (bèixìng) (regional)

Dialectal synonyms of 倒霉 (“unlucky; out of luck”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		倒霉, 倒運, 晦氣, 背運, 背時
Mandarin	Taiwan	倒霉, 背運, 晦氣
	Harbin	背興
	Yantai (Muping)	倒霉
	Jinan	倒霉
	Luoyang	倒霉
	Wanrong	倒灶
	Xi'an	倒霉
	Yinchuan	倒灶, 背時, 背運
	Ürümqi	倒運
	Wuhan	背時, 倒運, 點子低, 背九一
	Chengdu	背時, 倒灶, 背時倒灶
	Liuzhou	背時, 倒灶, 衰
	Xuzhou	背時, 倒灶
	Yangzhou	晦氣
	Singapore	倒霉
Cantonese	Guangzhou	衰, 行衰運, 黑, 當黑, 運滯, 倒霉
	Hong Kong	衰, 行衰運, 當衰, 黑, 當黑, 黑仔, 運滯
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	當衰
	Macau	滯運, 黑
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	運滯, 衰
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	衰
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	衰
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	運滯
	Foshan	運滯, 衰
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	倒霉, 運滯
	Foshan (Shunde)	衰
	Foshan (Sanshui)	衰, 運滯
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	失運
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	滯運
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	衰
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	行衰運
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	滯運, 衰
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	衰
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	衰
	Taishan	衰, 衰來, 黑, 黑頸, 滯運, 倒霉
	Kaiping (Chikan)	衰
	Enping (Niujiang)	衰
	Heshan (Yayao)	唔夠運
	Dongguan	當衰, 運滯
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	衰
	Singapore (Guangfu)	衰
Gan	Nanchang	倒霉, 倒運, 背時
	Lichuan	倒灶
	Pingxiang	背時
Hakka	Meixian	衰
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	衰, 倒運
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	衰
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	衰
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	衰
	Conghua (Lütian)	衰
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	衰, 衰漦
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	衰, 衰漦
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	衰, 衰漦
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	衰, 衰漦
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	衰, 衰漦
Huizhou	Jixi	倒霉, 倒運, 倒灶, 背時
Jin	Taiyuan	倒運, 背時
Jin	Xinzhou	背興
Northern Min	Jian'ou	衰
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	衰, 倒運, 倒灶, 騎背
Southern Min	Xiamen	衰, 衰䆀, 衰潲, 衰神, 衰運, 落衰, 歹字運, 歹運, 拍觸衰
	Quanzhou	衰, 衰䆀, 衰潲, 衰運, 歹字運, 歹運, 拍觸衰
	Zhangzhou	衰, 衰䆀, 衰潲, 衰運, 落衰, 䆀字運, 拍觸衰
	Tainan	衰, 衰䆀, 衰潲, 衰尾, 落衰, 歹運
	Penang (Hokkien)	衰, 衰潲
	Singapore (Hokkien)	衰
	Manila (Hokkien)	衰, 衰潲, 衰䆀, 歹命, 歹運, 歹字運
	Shantou	衰
	Jieyang	衰, 唔利市
	Singapore (Teochew)	衰
	Leizhou	衰
	Haikou	衰
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	滯運
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	衰
Wu	Shanghai	倒霉, 觸霉頭, 晦氣
	Shanghai (Chongming)	霉, 觸霉頭, 霉氣, 背時, 背霉
	Shanghai (Jiading)	觸霉頭, 倒運
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	触霉頭
	Suzhou	触霉頭
	Wuxi	触霉頭
	Hangzhou	倒霉, 倒運, 倒灶
	Shaoxing	倒灶
	Ningbo	倒運, 晦氣
	Lishui	倒灶
	Jinyun	倒楣, 倒灶
	Jinhua	倒霉, 霉運, 倒灶, 倒運
Xiang	Changsha	背時
Xiang	Loudi	背時, 倒霉