衰神

Chinese

		weak; feeble; decline weak; feeble; decline; wane; mourning garments	God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
simp. and trad. (衰神)		衰	神

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shuāishén, suīshén

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄞㄕㄣˊ, ㄙㄨㄟㄕㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seoi¹ san⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shuāishén
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄞㄕㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuaishén
  - Wade–Giles: shuai¹-shên²
  - Yale: shwāi-shén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuaishern
  - Palladius: шуайшэнь (šuajšɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯aɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: suīshén
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄟㄕㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sueishén
  - Wade–Giles: sui¹-shên²
  - Yale: swēi-shén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sueishern
  - Palladius: суйшэнь (sujšɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: seoi¹ san⁴
  - Yale: sēui sàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soey¹ san⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêu¹ sen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵy̯⁵⁵ sɐn²¹/

Noun

衰神

(humorous) god of bad luck; jinx
(Cantonese) unlucky or untrustworthy person

Pronunciation 2

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): soe-sîn

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soe-sîn
  - Tâi-lô: sue-sîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soesiin
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sue⁴⁴⁻²² sin²⁴/

Verb

衰神

(Xiamen Hokkien) to be out of luck; to be in an unlucky situation
(Xiamen Hokkien) to be looked down on as incompetent or incapable

Synonyms

(to have bad luck):

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
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	倒霉, 背運, 晦氣
	Harbin	背興
	Singapore	倒霉
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	倒霉
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	倒霉
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	倒霉
	Wanrong	倒灶
	Xi'an	倒霉
	Xuzhou	背時, 倒灶
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	倒灶, 背時, 背運
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	倒運
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	背時, 倒灶, 背時倒灶
	Wuhan	背時, 倒運, 點子低, 背九一
	Liuzhou	背時, 倒灶, 衰
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	晦氣
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, Xiangzhou)	衰
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; 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
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	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
Jin	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, 無衣食
	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	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	滯運
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	衰
Wu	Shanghai	倒霉, 觸霉頭, 晦氣
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	触霉頭
	Shanghai (Jiading)	觸霉頭, 倒運
	Shanghai (Chongming)	霉, 觸霉頭, 霉氣, 背時, 背霉
	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, 走蹩腳
Xiang	Loudi	背時, 倒霉