災星

Chinese

		disaster; calamity	star; satellite; small amount
trad. (災星)		災	星
simp. (灾星)		灾	星

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zāixīng

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄞㄒㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zoi¹ sing¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): châi-sên

(Meixian, Guangdong): zai¹ sên¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chai-seng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zāixīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄞㄒㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zaising
  - Wade–Giles: tsai¹-hsing¹
  - Yale: dzāi-syīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaishing
  - Palladius: цзайсин (czajsin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saɪ̯⁵⁵ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zoi¹ sing¹
  - Yale: jōi sīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoi¹ sing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zoi¹ xing¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːi̯⁵⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: châi-sên
  - Hakka Romanization System: zai^ˊ sen^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zai¹ sen¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sai̯²⁴⁻¹¹ sen²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: zai¹ sên¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡saɪ⁴⁴ sɛn⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chai-seng
  - Tâi-lô: tsai-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zaisefng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sai⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sai³³ siɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sai⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sai⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sai⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

災星

(literary, literally) astronomical sign of impending doom
(literary, figuratively) person or thing that brings disaster
Antonym: 救星 (jiùxīng)