災劫

Chinese

		disaster; calamity	plunder
trad. (災劫)		災	劫
simp. (灾劫)		灾	劫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zāijié

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄞ ㄐㄧㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoi¹ gip³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zāijié
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄞ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zaijié
    • Wade–Giles: tsai¹-chieh²
    • Yale: dzāi-jyé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaijye
    • Palladius: цзайцзе (czajcze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoi¹ gip³
    • Yale: jōi gip
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoi¹ gip⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: zoi¹ gib³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːi̯⁵⁵ kiːp̚³/

Noun

災劫

1. (literary) disaster; calamity; catastrophe (Classifier: 場／场; 次; 種／种)

Synonyms

• 亂兒／乱儿 (luànr) (dialectal)
• 人禍／人祸 (rénhuò) (man-made disaster)
• 劫 (jié) (Buddhism)
• 劫煞 (Hokkien)
• 劫難／劫难 (jiénàn)
• 厄 (literary, or in compounds)
• 大禍／大祸 (dàhuò) (major catastrophe)
• 大難／大难 (dànàn) (major catastrophe)
• 天災／天灾 (tiānzāi) (natural disaster)
• 央厄 (yāng'è) (literary)
• 奇禍／奇祸 (qíhuò) (literary, unexpected disaster)
• 巨禍／巨祸 (jùhuò) (literary)
• 患 (huàn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 慘事／惨事 (cǎnshì)
• 慘劇／惨剧 (cǎnjù)
• 慘禍／惨祸 (cǎnhuò) (tragic accident)
• 沙𧐔 (sua¹ sab⁴) (Teochew)
• 浩劫 (hàojié)
• 災／灾 (zāi) (literary, or in compounds)
• 災厄／灾厄 (zāi'è) (literary)
• 災害／灾害 (zāihài)
• 災殃／灾殃 (zāiyāng)
• 災禍／灾祸 (zāihuò)
• 災變／灾变 (zāibiàn) (literary, natural disaster)
• 災難／灾难 (zāinàn)
• 癰疽／痈疽 (yōngjū) (figurative)
• 眚沴 (shěnglì) (literary)
• 禍／祸 (huò) (literary, or in compounds)
• 禍事／祸事 (huòshì)
• 禍害／祸害 (huòhài)
• 禍息／祸息 (ho⁵ si⁶) (Xiang)
• 禍患／祸患 (huòhuàn)
• 禍殃／祸殃 (huòyāng)