倒霉 (dou2 mui4) — have bad luck; be out of luck; rotten l… in Cantonese

douˊ²倒muiˎ₄霉

Mandarin Pinyin: dao3 mei2

Meaning of 倒霉

nounhave bad luck; be out of luck; rotten luck; wretched; cursed; damned | [粵]: 衰, 當黑

gamˉ¹今jatˍ₆日zanˉ¹真dou3m4ui6倒霉

Today is really unlucky.

seoiˉ¹衰zai2,仔，dou3m4ui6倒gwaiˊ²霉鬼

Naughty boy, unlucky fellow.

dou3m4ui6,倒jauˍ₆霉，lokˍ₆又jyuˏ₅落雨

Bummer, it's raining again.

keoiˏ₅佢houˊ²好dou3m4ui6倒za˗₃霉咋

He's just unlucky.

gamˉ¹今jatˍ₆日houˊ²好dou˗₃倒laai6.楣。

I'm so unlucky today.

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