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

Adjective

晦氣

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

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 倒霉 (“unlucky; out of luck”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 倒霉, 倒運, 晦氣, 背運, 背時
Mandarin Taiwan 倒霉, 背運, 晦氣
Harbin 背興
Yantai (Muping) 倒霉
Jinan 倒霉
Luoyang 倒霉
Wanrong 倒灶
Xi'an 倒霉
Yinchuan 倒灶, 背時, 背運
Ürümqi 倒運
Wuhan 背時, 倒運, 點子低, 背九一
Chengdu 背時, 倒灶, 背時倒灶
Liuzhou 背時, 倒灶, 衰
Xuzhou 背時, 倒灶
Yangzhou 晦氣
Singapore 倒霉
Cantonese Guangzhou 衰, 行衰運, 黑, 當黑, 運滯, 倒霉
Hong Kong 衰, 行衰運, 當衰, 黑, 當黑, 黑仔, 運滯
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 當衰
Macau 滯運, 黑
Guangzhou (Panyu) 運滯, 衰
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 衰
Guangzhou (Conghua) 衰
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 運滯
Foshan 運滯, 衰
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 倒霉, 運滯
Foshan (Shunde) 衰
Foshan (Sanshui) 衰, 運滯
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 失運
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 滯運
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 衰
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 行衰運
Zhuhai (Doumen) 滯運, 衰
Jiangmen (Baisha) 衰
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 衰
Taishan 衰, 衰來, 黑, 黑頸, 滯運, 倒霉
Kaiping (Chikan) 衰
Enping (Niujiang) 衰
Heshan (Yayao) 唔夠運
Dongguan 當衰, 運滯
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 衰
Singapore (Guangfu) 衰
Gan Nanchang 倒霉, 倒運, 背時
Lichuan 倒灶
Pingxiang 背時
Hakka Meixian 衰
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 衰, 倒運
Dongguan (Qingxi) 衰
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 衰
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 衰
Conghua (Lütian) 衰
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 衰, 衰漦
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 衰, 衰漦
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 衰, 衰漦
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 衰, 衰漦
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 衰, 衰漦
Huizhou Jixi 倒霉, 倒運, 倒灶, 背時
Jin Taiyuan 倒運, 背時
Xinzhou 背興
Northern Min Jian'ou 衰
Eastern Min Fuzhou 衰, 倒運, 倒灶, 騎背
Southern Min Xiamen 衰, 衰䆀, 衰潲, 衰神, 衰運, 落衰, 歹字運, 歹運, 拍觸衰
Quanzhou 衰, 衰䆀, 衰潲, 衰運, 歹字運, 歹運, 拍觸衰
Zhangzhou 衰, 衰䆀, 衰潲, 衰運, 落衰, 䆀字運, 拍觸衰
Tainan 衰, 衰䆀, 衰潲, 衰尾, 落衰, 歹運
Penang (Hokkien) 衰, 衰潲
Singapore (Hokkien) 衰
Manila (Hokkien) 衰, 衰潲, 衰䆀, 歹命, 歹運, 歹字運
Shantou 衰
Jieyang 衰, 唔利市
Singapore (Teochew) 衰
Leizhou 衰
Haikou 衰
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 滯運
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 衰
Wu Shanghai 倒霉, 觸霉頭, 晦氣
Shanghai (Chongming) 霉, 觸霉頭, 霉氣, 背時, 背霉
Shanghai (Jiading) 觸霉頭, 倒運
Shanghai (Songjiang) 触霉頭
Suzhou 触霉頭
Wuxi 触霉頭
Hangzhou 倒霉, 倒運, 倒灶
Shaoxing 倒灶
Ningbo 倒運, 晦氣
Lishui 倒灶
Jinyun 倒楣, 倒灶
Jinhua 倒霉, 霉運, 倒灶, 倒運
Xiang Changsha 背時
Loudi 背時, 倒霉

Noun

晦氣

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

Derived terms

Verb

晦氣

  1. (Ningbonese) to bring someone a misfortune
  2. (Ningbonese) to squander; to waste; to badly spend
    介難看東西也會買買渠，和個來的晦氣鈔票 [Ningbonese, trad.]
    介难看东西也会买买渠，和个来的晦气钞票 [Ningbonese, simp.]
    From: 1996, Tang Zhenzhu, Wu Xinmin and Wu Xinxian, 寧波方言詞典, page 174
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
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