# 倒灶
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): dǎozào
       (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˇ ㄗㄠˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): dao$^3$ zao$^4$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): dou$^2$ zou$^3$
* Gan (Wiktionary): dau$^3$ zau$^4$
* Eastern Min (BUC): dō̤-cáu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dǎozào
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˇ ㄗㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dǎozào
*** Wade–Giles: tao$^3$-tsao$^4$
*** Yale: dǎu-dzàu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daotzaw
*** Palladius: даоцзао (daoczao)
*** Sinological IPA : /tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡sɑʊ̯⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: dao$^3$ zao$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: daozao
*** Sinological IPA : /tau⁵³ t͡sau²¹³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dou$^2$ zou$^3$
*** Yale: dóu jou
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dou$^2$ dzou$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dou$^2$ zou$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /tou̯³⁵ t͡sou̯³³/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: dau$^3$ zau$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /tau²¹³⁻¹³ t͡sau³⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: dō̤-cáu
*** Sinological IPA : /to³³⁻⁵⁵ $^{(t͡s-)}$ʒɑu²¹³/

### Verb

倒⫽灶 (verb-object)
* (dialectal) to collapse; to fall; to decline (in status or wealth)
* (Cantonese) to be more of a hindrance than a help
* (Gan, derogatory) to damn (used as a curse)

### Adjective

倒灶
* (dialectal) unlucky; out of luck
* (Huizhou, Jinhua Wu) bad; terrible
* (Jinhua Wu) poor; impoverished

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 倒霉, 倒運, 晦氣, 背運, 背時 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 倒霉, 背運, 晦氣 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 背興 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 倒霉 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 倒霉 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 倒霉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 倒霉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 倒灶 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 倒霉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | 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 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 背時, 倒運, 點子低, 背九一 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 背時, 倒灶, 衰 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 晦氣 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 衰, 行衰運, 黑, 當黑, 運滯, 倒霉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 衰, 行衰運, 當衰, 黑, 當黑, 黑仔, 運滯 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 當衰 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 滯運, 黑 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 運滯, 衰 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 衰 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 衰 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 運滯 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 運滯, 衰 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 倒霉, 運滯 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 衰 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 衰, 運滯 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 失運 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 滯運 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 衰 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 行衰運 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 滯運, 衰 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 衰 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 衰 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 衰, 衰來, 黑, 黑頸, 滯運, 倒霉 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 衰 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 衰 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 唔夠運 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 當衰, 運滯 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 衰 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 衰 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 倒霉, 倒運, 背時 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 倒灶 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 背時 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 衰 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 衰, 倒運 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 衰 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 衰 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 衰 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 衰 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 衰, 衰漦 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 衰, 衰漦 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 衰, 衰漦 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 衰, 衰漦 |
| Hakka | 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 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 衰, 衰䆀, 衰潲, 衰運, 歹字運, 歹運, 拍觸衰 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 衰, 衰䆀, 衰潲, 衰運, 落衰, 䆀字運, 拍觸衰 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 衰, 衰䆀, 衰潲, 衰尾, 落衰, 歹運 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 衰, 衰潲 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 衰 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 衰, 衰潲, 衰䆀, 歹命, 歹運, 歹字運 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 衰 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 衰, 唔利市 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 衰 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 衰 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 衰 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 滯運 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 衰 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 倒霉, 觸霉頭, 晦氣 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 触霉頭 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 觸霉頭, 倒運 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 霉, 觸霉頭, 霉氣, 背時, 背霉 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 触霉頭 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 触霉頭 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 倒霉, 倒運, 倒灶 |
| Wu | Shaoxing | 倒灶 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 倒運, 晦氣 |
| Wu | Lishui | 倒灶 |
| Wu | Jinyun | 倒楣, 倒灶 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 倒霉, 霉運, 倒灶, 倒運 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 背時 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 背時, 倒霉 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 貧, 窮 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 窮, 貧窮, 窮困, 貧困, 赤貧, 貧乏, 貧苦, 貧寒, 苦寒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 窮, 貧窮 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 窮, 貧窮, 窮苦 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 窮 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 窮 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 窮 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 窮 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 窮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 苦寒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 窮 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 窮 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 窮 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 窮 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 窮 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 窮 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 窮 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 窮 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 窮無 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 窮 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 宋凶, 㾪赤, 窮㾪, 窮赤, 赤窮, 赤 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 宋凶, 窮赤, 赤窮, 赤 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 窮赤 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 宋凶, 散, 散赤, 赤, 䆀空, 無空 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 散, 散赤, 散食, 散凶, 窮赤, 窮散, 窮苦 |
| Southern Min | Raoping | 磽 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 窮, 磽 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 窮, 磽 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 窮, 蒯 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 窮 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 窮 |
| Wu | Danyang | 窮 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 窮 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 倒灶 |

### Noun

倒灶
* (Eastern Min, derogatory) spendthrift (especially female)