倒灶

Chinese
 
upset; turn over; to tip
upset; turn over; to tip; to pour; to go home; to the contrary; inverted; to fall; to collapse; to topple; to change; to fail; bankrupt
 kitchen stove
trad. (倒灶/倒竈) 倒 灶/竈
simp. (倒灶) 倒 灶
alternative forms 倒造

Pronunciation

Verb

倒⫽灶 (verb-object)

  1. (dialectal) to collapse; to fall; to decline (in status or wealth)
  2. (Cantonese) to be more of a hindrance than a help
  3. (Gan, derogatory) to damn (used as a curse)

Adjective

倒灶

  1. (dialectal) unlucky; out of luck
  2. (Huizhou, Jinhua Wu) bad; terrible
  3. (Jinhua Wu) poor; impoverished

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
Xuzhou 背時, 倒灶
Singapore 倒霉
Cantonese Guangzhou 衰, 倒霉
Hong Kong 衰, 黑仔
Singapore (Guangfu) 衰
Gan Nanchang 倒霉, 倒運, 背時
Lichuan 倒灶
Pingxiang 背時
Huizhou Jixi 倒霉, 倒運, 倒灶, 背時
Jin Taiyuan 倒運, 背時
Xinzhou 背興
Min Dong Fuzhou 倒運, 倒灶, 騎背
Min Nan Xiamen 衰, 衰䆀, 衰潲, 衰神, 衰運, 落衰, 歹字運, 歹運
Quanzhou 衰, 衰䆀, 衰潲, 衰運, 歹字運, 歹運
Zhangzhou 衰, 衰䆀, 衰潲, 衰運, 落衰, 䆀字運
Tainan 衰, 衰䆀, 衰潲, 衰尾, 落衰, 歹運
Penang (Hokkien) 衰潲
Singapore (Hokkien) 衰
Singapore (Teochew) 衰
Wu Shanghai 倒霉
Shanghai (Chongming) 背時
Hangzhou 倒霉, 倒運, 倒灶
Ningbo 倒運
Jinhua 倒霉, 霉運, 倒灶, 倒運
Xiang Changsha 背時
Loudi 背時, 倒霉
Dialectal synonyms of 貧窮 (“poor; impoverished; poverty-striken”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 貧, 窮
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 窮, 貧窮, 窮困, 貧困, 赤貧, 貧乏, 貧苦, 貧寒, 苦寒
Mandarin Taiwan 窮, 貧窮
Yantai (Muping) 窮
Luoyang 窮
Wanrong 窮
Xi'an 窮
Yinchuan 窮
Chengdu 苦寒
Nanjing 窮
Cantonese Guangzhou 窮
Hong Kong 窮
Taishan 窮
Gan Nanchang 窮
Pingxiang 窮
Hakka Meixian 窮
Jin Taiyuan 窮
Min Bei Jian'ou 窮無
Min Dong Fuzhou 窮
Min Nan Xiamen 宋凶, 㾪赤, 窮㾪, 窮赤
Quanzhou 宋凶, 窮赤
Zhangzhou 宋凶, 散, 散赤
Tainan 散, 散赤, 散食, 散凶, 窮赤, 窮散, 窮苦
Shantou 磽
Jieyang 磽
Leizhou 窮
Wu Suzhou 窮
Danyang 窮
Hangzhou 窮
Jinhua 倒灶

Noun

倒灶

  1. (Min Dong, derogatory) spendthrift (especially female)
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