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

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): dǎozào

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˇ ㄗㄠˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): dao³ zao⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou² zou³
• Gan (Wiktionary): dau³ zau⁴
• Eastern Min (BUC): dō̤-cáu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎozào
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˇ ㄗㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎozào
    • Wade–Giles: tao³-tsao⁴
    • Yale: dǎu-dzàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daotzaw
    • Palladius: даоцзао (daoczao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sɑʊ̯⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: dao³ zao⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: daozao
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tau⁵³ t͡sau²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou² zou³
    • Yale: dóu jou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou² dzou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou² zou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯³⁵ t͡sou̯³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: dau³ zau⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tau²¹³⁻¹³ t͡sau³⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dō̤-cáu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /to³³⁻⁵⁵ ^(t͡s-)ʒɑu²¹³/

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 edit
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

Dialectal synonyms of 貧窮 (“poor; impoverished; poverty-striken”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
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
	Singapore	窮, 貧窮, 窮苦
Cantonese	Guangzhou	窮
	Hong Kong	窮
	Taishan	窮
Gan	Nanchang	窮
	Pingxiang	窮
Hakka	Meixian	窮
Jin	Taiyuan	窮
Northern Min	Jian'ou	窮無
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	窮
Southern Min	Xiamen	宋凶, 㾪赤, 窮㾪, 窮赤, 赤窮, 赤
	Quanzhou	宋凶, 窮赤, 赤窮, 赤
	Hui'an	窮赤
	Zhangzhou	宋凶, 散, 散赤, 赤
	Tainan	散, 散赤, 散食, 散凶, 窮赤, 窮散, 窮苦
	Raoping	磽
	Shantou	窮, 磽
	Jieyang	窮, 磽
	Leizhou	窮, 蒯
Wu	Shanghai	窮
	Suzhou	窮
	Danyang	窮
	Hangzhou	窮
	Jinhua	倒灶

Noun

倒灶

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