晦氣

Chinese

dark; night; unlucky
gas; air; smell
gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make someone angry; to get angry; to be enraged
 
trad. (晦氣) 晦 氣
simp. (晦气) 晦 气
alternative forms 悔氣／悔气

Pronunciation

Adjective

晦氣

  1. unlucky; calamitous; wretched
  2. (Cantonese) moody; resentful

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 倒霉 (“unlucky; out of luck”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 倒霉, 倒運, 晦氣, 背運, 背時
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 倒霉, 背運, 晦氣
Harbin 背興
Singapore 倒霉
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 倒霉
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 倒霉
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 倒霉
Wanrong 倒灶
Xi'an 倒霉
Xuzhou 背時, 倒灶
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 倒灶, 背時, 背運
Ürümqi 倒運
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 背時, 倒灶, 背時倒灶
Wuhan 背時, 倒運, 點子低, 背九一
Liuzhou 背時, 倒灶, 衰
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 晦氣
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, Xiangzhou) 衰
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; 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
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 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
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, 無衣食
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 Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 滯運
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 衰
Wu Shanghai 倒霉, 觸霉頭, 晦氣
Shanghai (Songjiang) 触霉頭
Shanghai (Jiading) 觸霉頭, 倒運
Shanghai (Chongming) 霉, 觸霉頭, 霉氣, 背時, 背霉
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, 走蹩腳
Loudi 背時, 倒霉

Noun

晦氣

  1. unsightly complexion (due to illness, disappointment, etc.)

Derived terms

Verb

晦氣

  1. (Ningbonese) to bring someone a misfortune
  2. (Ningbonese) to squander; to waste; to badly spend
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