災荒

See also: 灾荒

Chinese

		disaster; calamity	out of practice; uncultivated
trad. (災荒)		災	荒
simp. (灾荒)		灾	荒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zāihuāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄞ ㄏㄨㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoi¹ fong¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chai-hong / chai-hng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zāihuāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄞ ㄏㄨㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zaihuang
    • Wade–Giles: tsai¹-huang¹
    • Yale: dzāi-hwāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaihuang
    • Palladius: цзайхуан (czajxuan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saɪ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoi¹ fong¹
    • Yale: jōi fōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoi¹ fong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zoi¹ fong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːi̯⁵⁵ fɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chai-hong
    • Tâi-lô: tsai-hong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zai'hofng
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sai⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sai³³ hɔŋ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chai-hng
    • Tâi-lô: tsai-hng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zai'hngf
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sai⁴⁴⁻²² hŋ̍⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sai³³ hŋ̍³³/

Noun

災荒

1. famine due to crop failures

Synonyms

• 糧荒／粮荒 (liánghuāng)
• 饑荒／饥荒 (jīhuāng)
• 饑饉／饥馑 (jījǐn) (literary)

 

Related terms

• 絕收／绝收 (juéshōu)
• 歉收 (qiànshōu)