人衰行路打倒褪
Chinese
| man; person; people | weak; feeble; decline weak; feeble; decline; wane; mourning garments |
path; road; pedestrian | to go backwards | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (人衰行路打倒褪) | 人 | 衰 | 行路 | 打倒褪 | |
| simp. #(人衰行路打倒褪) | 人 | 衰 | 行路 | 打倒褪 | |
| Literally: “When one is in bad luck, he would end up walking backwards”. | |||||
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: jan4 seoi1 haang4 lou6 daa2 dou3 tan3
- Yale: yàhn sēui hàahng louh dá dou tan
- Cantonese Pinyin: jan4 soey1 haang4 lou6 daa2 dou3 tan3
- Guangdong Romanization: yen4 sêu1 hang4 lou6 da2 dou3 ten3
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɐn²¹ sɵy̯⁵⁵ haːŋ²¹ lou̯²² taː³⁵ tou̯³³ tʰɐn³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
人衰行路打倒褪
- (Cantonese) When one is in bad luck, everything he does would not be alright.