消災

消災

Chinese

		consume; news; subside consume; news; subside; to disappear; to vanish	disaster; calamity
trad. (消災)		消	災
simp. (消灾)		消	灾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāozāi

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠ ㄗㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu¹ zoi¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sêu-châi
• Min Nan (POJ): siau-chai

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiāozāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠ ㄗㄞ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiautzai
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu¹ zoi¹
    • Yale: sīu jōi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu¹ dzoi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu¹ zoi¹
    • IPA ^(key): /siːu̯⁵⁵ t͡sɔːy̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sêu-châi
    • Hakka Romanization System: seu´ zai´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: seu¹ zai¹
    • IPA: /seu̯²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sai̯²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siau-chai
    • Tâi-lô: siau-tsai
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siauzay
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡saɪ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiaʊ³³ t͡saɪ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiaʊ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡saɪ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiaʊ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡saɪ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiaʊ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡saɪ⁴⁴/

Verb

消災

1. to avoid calamities

Derived terms

得人錢財，與人消災／得人钱财，与人消灾 消災解厄／消灾解厄

破財消災／破财消灾 (pòcáixiāozāi)