災禍

See also: 灾祸

Chinese

		disaster; calamity	disaster
trad. (災禍)		災	禍
simp. (灾祸)		灾	祸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zāihuò

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄞ ㄏㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoi¹ wo⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): châi-fo
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chai-hō / chai-ē / chai-ěr

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zāihuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄞ ㄏㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zaihuò
    • Wade–Giles: tsai¹-huo⁴
    • Yale: dzāi-hwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaihuoh
    • Palladius: цзайхо (czajxo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saɪ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoi¹ wo⁶
    • Yale: jōi woh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoi¹ wo⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zoi¹ wo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːi̯⁵⁵ wɔː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: châi-fo
    • Hakka Romanization System: zai´ fo
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zai¹ fo⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sai̯²⁴⁻¹¹ fo⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chai-hō
    • Tâi-lô: tsai-hō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zai'hoi
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sai⁴⁴⁻²² ho²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sai⁴⁴⁻³³ ho³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sai⁴⁴⁻³³ hɤ³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chai-ē
    • Tâi-lô: tsai-ē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zai'e
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sai⁴⁴⁻³³ e³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chai-ěr
    • Tâi-lô: tsai-ěr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sai³³ ə²²/

Noun

災禍

1. 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)
• 災劫／灾劫 (zāijié) (literary)
• 災厄／灾厄 (zāi'è) (literary)
• 災害／灾害 (zāihài)
• 災殃／灾殃 (zāiyāng)
• 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)