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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huìqì

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄑㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fui³ hei³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hòe-khì
• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ¹hue₅-chi / ⁵huei-chi₅

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huìqì
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄑㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huèicì
    • Wade–Giles: hui⁴-chʻi⁴
    • Yale: hwèi-chì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueychih
    • Palladius: хуэйци (xuejci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fui³ hei³
    • Yale: fui hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fui³ hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fui³ héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fuːi̯³³ hei̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hòe-khì
    • Tâi-lô: huè-khì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoea'qix
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hue²¹⁻⁵³ kʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰi⁴¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹hue₅-chi
    • MiniDict: hue^去 chi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹hue₂-qi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /hue⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹/
  • (Northern: Ningbo)
    • Wugniu: ⁵huei-chi₅
    • MiniDict: huei^去 chi^去
    • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /huɐɪ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³³/

Adjective

晦氣

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

Synonyms

• 不幸 (bùxìng)
• 倒運／倒运 (dǎoyùn)
• 倒霉 (dǎoméi)
• 失氣／失气 (shīqì) (literary)
• 悲催 (bēicuī) (neologism, jocular)
• 敗興／败兴 (bàixìng) (regional)
• 背時／背时 (bèishí)
• 背興／背兴 (bèixìng) (regional)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 倒霉 (“unlucky; out of luck”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		倒霉, 倒運, 晦氣, 背運, 背時
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	倒霉, 背運, 晦氣
	Harbin	背興
	Singapore	倒霉
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	倒霉
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	倒霉
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	倒霉
	Wanrong	倒灶
	Xi'an	倒霉
	Xuzhou	背時, 倒灶
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	倒灶, 背時, 背運
	Ürümqi	倒運
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	背時, 倒灶, 背時倒灶
	Wuhan	背時, 倒運, 點子低, 背九一
	Liuzhou	背時, 倒灶, 衰
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	晦氣
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
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	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 (Songjiang)	触霉頭
	Shanghai (Jiading)	觸霉頭, 倒運
	Shanghai (Chongming)	霉, 觸霉頭, 霉氣, 背時, 背霉
	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

• 找晦氣／找晦气

 

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)