災厄

See also: 灾厄

Chinese

		disaster; calamity	adversity
trad. (災厄)		災	厄
simp. (灾厄)		灾	厄
alternative forms		災阨／灾阨

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zāi'è

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄞ ㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoi¹ ak¹, zoi¹ aak¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chai-eh

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zāi'è
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄞ ㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zai-è
    • Wade–Giles: tsai¹-o⁴
    • Yale: dzāi-è
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaieh
    • Palladius: цзайэ (czajɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saɪ̯⁵⁵ ˀɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoi¹ ak¹, zoi¹ aak¹
    • Yale: jōi āk, jōi āak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoi¹ ak⁷, dzoi¹ aak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: zoi¹ eg¹, zoi¹ ag¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːi̯⁵⁵ ɐk̚⁵/, /t͡sɔːi̯⁵⁵ aːk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chai-eh
    • Tâi-lô: tsai-eh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zai'eq
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sai⁴⁴⁻²² eʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sai⁴⁴⁻³³ eʔ³²/

Noun

災厄

1. (literary) disaster; calamity

Synonyms

• 亂兒／乱儿 (luànr) (dialectal)
• 人禍／人祸 (rénhuò) (man-made disaster)
• 劫 (jié) (Buddhism)
• 劫煞 (Hokkien)
• 劫難／劫难 (jiénàn)
• 厄 (literary, or in compounds)
• 大禍／大祸 (dàhuò) (major catastrophe)
• 大難／大难 (dànàn) (major catastrophe)
• 天災／天灾 (tiānzāi) (natural disaster)
• 央厄 (yāng'è) (literary)
• 奇禍／奇祸 (qíhuò) (literary, unexpected disaster)
• 巨禍／巨祸 (jùhuò) (literary)
• 患 (huàn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 慘事／惨事 (cǎnshì)
• 慘劇／惨剧 (cǎnjù)
• 慘禍／惨祸 (cǎnhuò) (tragic accident)
• 沙𧐔 (Teochew)
• 浩劫 (hàojié)
• 災／灾 (zāi) (literary, or in compounds)
• 災劫／灾劫 (zāijié) (literary)
• 災害／灾害 (zāihài)
• 災殃／灾殃 (zāiyāng)
• 災禍／灾祸 (zāihuò)
• 災變／灾变 (zāibiàn) (literary, natural disaster)
• 災難／灾难 (zāinàn)
• 癰疽／痈疽 (yōngjū) (figurative)
• 眚沴 (shěnglì) (literary)
• 禍／祸 (huò) (literary, or in compounds)
• 禍事／祸事 (huòshì)
• 禍害／祸害 (huòhài)
• 禍息／祸息 (ho⁵ si⁶) (Xiang)
• 禍患／祸患 (huòhuàn)
• 禍殃／祸殃 (huòyāng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
災	厄
さい Grade: 5	やく Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) さいやく [sàíyákú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [sa̠ija̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

災(さい)厄(やく) • (saiyaku) 

1. disaster; calamity

   Synonyms: 災い, 災難

Korean

Hanja in this term
災	厄

Noun

災厄 • (jaeaek) (hangeul 재액)

1. Hanja form^? of 재액 (“calamity, disaster”).