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upset; turn over; to tip

upset; turn over; to tip; to pour; to go home; to the contrary; inverted; to fall; to collapse; to topple; to change; to fail; bankrupt

 kitchen stove
trad. (倒灶/倒竈) 倒 灶/竈
simp. (倒灶) 倒 灶
alternative forms 倒造

倒⫽灶 (verb-object)

  1. (dialectal) to collapse; to fall; to decline (in status or wealth)
  2. (Cantonese) to be more of a hindrance than a help
  3. (Gan, derogatory) to damn (used as a curse)

倒灶

  1. (dialectal) unlucky; out of luck
  2. (Huizhou, Jinhua Wu) bad; terrible
  3. (Jinhua Wu) poor; impoverished

Dialectal synonyms of 倒霉 (“unlucky; out of luck”) [map]

Variety Location Words
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
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
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
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
Loudi 背時, 倒霉

Dialectal synonyms of 貧窮 (“poor; impoverished; poverty-striken”) [map]

Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 貧, 窮
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
Singapore 窮, 貧窮, 窮苦
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 窮
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 窮
Wanrong 窮
Xi'an 窮
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 窮
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 苦寒
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 窮
Cantonese Guangzhou 窮
Hong Kong 窮
Taishan 窮
Gan Nanchang 窮
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
Quanzhou 宋凶, 窮赤, 赤窮, 赤
Hui'an 窮赤
Zhangzhou 宋凶, 散, 散赤, 赤, 䆀空, 無空
Tainan 散, 散赤, 散食, 散凶, 窮赤, 窮散, 窮苦
Raoping 磽
Shantou 窮, 磽
Jieyang 窮, 磽
Leizhou 窮, 蒯
Wu Shanghai 窮
Suzhou 窮
Danyang 窮
Hangzhou 窮
Jinhua 倒灶

倒灶

  1. (Eastern Min, derogatory) spendthrift (especially female)