晦氣

晦氣

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huìqì

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄑㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fui³ hei³
• Min Nan (POJ): hòe-khì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huìqì
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄑㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huèicì
    • Wade–Giles: hui⁴-chʻi⁴
    • Yale: hwèi-chì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueychih
    • Palladius: хуэйци (xuejci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xweɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: fui³ hei³
    • Yale: fui hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fui³ hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fui³ héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuːi̯³³ hei̯³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hòe-khì
    • Tâi-lô: huè-khì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoea'qix
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hue²¹⁻⁵³ kʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰi⁴¹/

Adjective

晦氣

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

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 晦氣

不幸 (bùxìng) 悲催 (bēicuī) (neologism, jocular) 落衰 (Min Nan) 衰䆀 (Min Nan) 衰尾 (Min Nan) 倒霉 (dǎoméi)

倒運／倒运 (dǎoyùn) 敗興／败兴 (bàixìng) (regional) 背時／背时 (bèishí) (dialectal Mandarin, Gan, dialectal Hakka, Jin, Xiang, Hunan Tuhua, dialectal Wu) 背興／背兴 (bèixìng) (regional) 騎背／骑背 (Min Dong)

Noun

晦氣

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

Derived terms

找晦氣／找晦气