倒米

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	rice; metre
trad. (倒米)		倒	米
simp. #(倒米)		倒	米
Literally: “to pour away rice”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): dou² mai⁵

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): au² mai²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou² mai⁵
    • Yale: dóu máih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou² mai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou² mei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯³⁵ mɐi̯¹³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: au² mai²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /au⁵⁵ ᵐbai⁵⁵/

Verb

倒米

1. (Cantonese) to ruin a business

   倒米壽星／倒米寿星 [Cantonese]  ―  dou² mai⁵ sau⁶ sing¹ [Jyutping]  ―  a person who wanted to help with something but eventually ruins it