粵

掃sou3把baa2星sing1

simp扫把星
sou3 baa2 sing1sào bǎ xīng

English

  1. comet
  2. person who brings bad luck; jinx
  3. common term for comet ----
  4. a person who always brings in ill fortune; literally: broom star

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 彗星嘅俗稱
  2. 古人視彗星為凶兆,於是掃把星亦引指為帶嚟衰運嘅人

Examples

  • 呢個人正一掃把星嚟㗎,佢嚟咗之後我哋未行過好運。

    That guy must be jinxed, we never had any luck since he joined us.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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