衰人

Chinese

		weak; feeble; decline weak; feeble; decline; wane; mourning garments	man; person; people
simp. and trad. (衰人)		衰	人

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi¹ jan⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soe-lâng

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: seoi¹ jan⁴
    • Yale: sēui yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soey¹ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêu¹ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯⁵⁵ jɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soe-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: sue-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soelaang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sue⁴⁴⁻²² laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sue³³ laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sue⁴⁴⁻²² laŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sue⁴⁴⁻³³ laŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sue⁴⁴⁻³³ laŋ²³/

Noun

衰人

1. (Cantonese) bad person (Classifier: 個／个 c)

   Synonym: 壞人／坏人 (huàirén)

   Antonym: 好人 (hǎorén)

   做個衰人／做个衰人 [Cantonese]  ―  zou⁶ go³ seoi¹ jan⁴ [Jyutping]  ―  to be a bad person

2. (Hokkien) unlucky person

Hyponyms

• (Cantonese) 衰佬, 衰婆, 衰仔