災劫

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zāijié

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄞㄐㄧㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zoi¹ gip³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zāijié
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄞㄐㄧㄝˊ
  - 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

(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)