觸霉頭

Chinese

		knock against; touch; to feel	bad luck
trad. (觸霉頭)		觸	霉頭
simp. (触霉头)		触	霉头
alternative forms		觸楣頭／触楣头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chù méitóu, chù méitou

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨˋ ㄇㄟˊ ㄊㄡˊ, ㄔㄨˋ ㄇㄟˊ ˙ㄊㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk¹ mui⁴ tau⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: chù méitóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨˋ ㄇㄟˊ ㄊㄡˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuh meitour
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chù méitóu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹ meɪ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: chù méitou
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨˋ ㄇㄟˊ ˙ㄊㄡ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuh mei.tou
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chù méito̊u
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵¹ meɪ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zuk¹ mui⁴ tau⁴
  - Yale: jūk mùih tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁷ mui⁴ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zug¹ mui⁴ teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚⁵ muːy̯²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/

Verb

觸霉頭

(dialectal) to have a stroke of bad luck; to be unfortunate

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