倒霉蛋

Chinese

		out of luck; in an unlucky situation; on one's period	egg; oval shaped
trad. (倒霉蛋)		倒霉	蛋
simp. #(倒霉蛋)		倒霉	蛋

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎoméidàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˇ ㄇㄟˊ ㄉㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou² mui⁴ daan^6-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎoméidàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˇ ㄇㄟˊ ㄉㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎoméidàn
    • Wade–Giles: tao³-mei²-tan⁴
    • Yale: dǎu-méi-dàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daomeidann
    • Palladius: даомэйдань (daomɛjdanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ meɪ̯³⁵ tän⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎoméidànr
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˇ ㄇㄟˊ ㄉㄢˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎoméidànr
    • Wade–Giles: tao³-mei²-tan⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: dǎu-méi-dànr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daomeidall
    • Palladius: даомэйданьр (daomɛjdanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ meɪ̯³⁵ tɑɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou² mui⁴ daan^6-2
    • Yale: dóu mùih dáan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou² mui⁴ daan^6-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou² mui⁴ dan^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯³⁵ muːi̯²¹ taːn²²⁻³⁵/

Noun

倒霉蛋

1. (colloquial) unlucky person; one who is down on luck; poor guy