# 晦氣
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): huìqì
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄑㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): fui$^3$ hei$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hòe-khì
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^1$hue$_5$-chi / $^5$huei-chi$_5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: huìqì
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄑㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: huèicì
*** Wade–Giles: hui$^4$-chʻi$^4$
*** Yale: hwèi-chì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hueychih
*** Palladius: хуэйци (xuejci)
*** Sinological IPA : /xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: fui$^3$ hei$^3$
*** Yale: fui hei
*** Cantonese Pinyin: fui$^3$ hei$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fui$^3$ héi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /fuːi̯³³ hei̯³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hòe-khì
*** Tâi-lô: huè-khì
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoea'qix
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hue²¹⁻⁵³ kʰi²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰi⁴¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^1$hue$_5$-chi
*** MiniDict: hue$^去$ chi
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^1$hue$_2$-qi
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /hue⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi²¹/
** (Northern: Ningbo)
*** Wugniu: $^5$huei-chi$_5$
*** MiniDict: huei$^去$ chi$^去$
*** Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /huɐɪ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³³/

### Adjective

晦氣
* unlucky; calamitous; wretched
* (Cantonese) moody; resentful

#### Synonyms

* 不幸 (bùxìng)
* 倒運／倒运 (dǎoyùn)
* 倒霉 (dǎoméi)
* 失氣／失气 (shīqì) (literary)
* 悲催 (bēicuī) (neologism, jocular)
* 敗興／败兴 (bàixìng) (regional)
* 背時／背时 (bèishí)
* 背興／背兴 (bèixìng) (regional)
| 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 |

### Noun

晦氣
* unsightly complexion (due to illness, disappointment, etc.)

#### Derived terms

* 找晦氣／找晦气

### Verb

晦氣
* (Ningbonese) to bring someone a misfortune
* (Ningbonese) to squander; to waste; to badly spend
    From: 1996, Tang Zhenzhu, Wu Xinmin and Wu Xinxian, 寧波方言詞典, page 174
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)