唱衰

Chinese

		sing; to call loudly; to chant	weak; feeble; decline weak; feeble; decline; wane; mourning garments
simp. and trad. (唱衰)		唱	衰

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chàngshuāi

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄤˋ ㄕㄨㄞ
Cantonese (Jyutping): coeng³ seoi¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhong-sôi
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiàng-soe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chàngshuāi
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄤˋ ㄕㄨㄞ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chàngshuai
  - Wade–Giles: chʻang⁴-shuai¹
  - Yale: chàng-shwāi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chanqshuai
  - Palladius: чаншуай (čanšuaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ⁵¹ ʂu̯aɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: coeng³ seoi¹
  - Yale: cheung sēui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoeng³ soey¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cêng³ sêu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰœːŋ³³ sɵy̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhong-sôi
  - Hakka Romanization System: cong soi^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cong⁴ soi¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰoŋ⁵⁵ soi̯²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiàng-soe
  - Tâi-lô: tshiàng-sue
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiarngsoef
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiaŋ²¹⁻⁵³ sue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiaŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sue³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiaŋ²¹⁻⁵³ sue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiaŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ sue⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiaŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ sue⁴⁴/

Verb

唱衰

(originally Cantonese) to smear; to bad-mouth; to have unfavourable opinion (of)
- 2003 May 15, Tung Chee-hwa, parliamentary debates (Legislative Council of Hong Kong)‎^[1]:
  
  香港回歸咗六年，特區政府成立咗六年，一國兩制落實咗六年，我擔任咗行政長官六年。喺呢六年裡面，你同埋你哋，畀我睇到係咩呢？唱衰咗香港六年，謾罵咗特區政府六年，否定咗一國兩制六年，無所不用其極嘅嚟鬧我，鬧咗六年，好少聽到有建設性嘅建議。 [Cantonese, trad.]
  香港回归咗六年，特区政府成立咗六年，一国两制落实咗六年，我担任咗行政长官六年。喺呢六年里面，你同埋你哋，畀我睇到系咩呢？唱衰咗香港六年，谩骂咗特区政府六年，否定咗一国两制六年，无所不用其极嘅嚟闹我，闹咗六年，好少听到有建设性嘅建议。 [Cantonese, simp.]
  hoeng¹ gong² wui⁴ gwai¹ zo² luk⁶ nin⁴, dak⁶ keoi¹ zing³ fu² sing⁴ laap⁶ zo² luk⁶ nin⁴, jat¹ gwok³ loeng⁵ zai³ lok⁶ sat⁶ zo² luk⁶ nin⁴, ngo⁵ daam¹ jam⁶ zo² hang⁴ zing³ zoeng² gun¹ luk⁶ nin⁴. hai² ne¹ luk⁶ nin⁴ leoi⁵ min⁶, nei⁵ tung⁴ maai⁴ nei⁵ dei⁶, bei² ngo⁵ tai² dou^3-2 hai⁶ me¹ ne¹? coeng³ seoi¹ zo² hoeng¹ gong² luk⁶ nin⁴, maan⁶ maa⁶ zo² dak⁶ keoi¹ zing³ fu² luk⁶ nin⁴, fau² ding⁶ zo² jat¹ gwok³ loeng⁵ zai³ luk⁶ nin⁴, mou⁴ so² bat¹ jung⁶ kei⁴ gik⁶ ge³ lei⁴ naau⁶ ngo⁵, naau⁶ zo² luk⁶ nin⁴, hou² siu² teng¹ dou^3-2 jau⁵ gin³ cit³ sing³ ge³ gin³ ji⁵. [Jyutping]
  Hong Kong has been returned to China for 6 years, the SAR government has been established for 6 years, "one-country, two systems" has been implemented for 6 years, and I've been the chief executive for 6 years. But what have you (Leung Yiu-chung) and you all (the pro-democracy camp) shown me in these 6 years? You've only defamed Hong Kong for 6 years, condemned the SAR government for 6 years, denied "one-country, two systems" for 6 years, and gone to any length to criticize me for 6 years. I seldom heard constructive suggestions.