活該

活該

See also: 活该

Chinese

		to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship	that; the above-mentioned; most likely that; the above-mentioned; most likely; to deserve; should; ought to; owe
trad. (活該)		活	該
simp. (活该)		活	该

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huógāi

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄍㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wut⁶ goi¹
• Min Nan (POJ): oa̍h-kai / hoa̍t-kai

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: huógāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄍㄞ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwogai
    • IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ³⁵ kaɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wut⁶ goi¹
    • Yale: wuht gōi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wut⁹ goi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wud⁶ goi¹
    • IPA ^(key): /wuːt̚² kɔːy̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa̍h-kai
    • Tâi-lô: ua̍h-kai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oaqkay
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ua(ʔ)²⁴⁻²² kaɪ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ua(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ kaɪ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kaɪ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa̍t-kai
    • Tâi-lô: hua̍t-kai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoadkay
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huat̚⁴⁻³² kaɪ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kaɪ⁴⁴/

Verb

活該

1. (colloquial) to serve someone right, to have gotten what's coming to one