粵

倒dou2霉mui4

dou2 mui4dǎo méi

English

  1. to have bad luck
  2. to be out of luck
  3. to have bad luck; to be down on one's luck

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 唔好彩;運氣唔好

Examples

  • 他倒霉极了。

    He is shit out of luck.

    Tatoeba · GlossaMatik CC BY

  • 他倒霉透了。

    He is shit out of luck.

    Tatoeba · U2FS CC BY

  • 我真的很倒霉!

    I really am unlucky!

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 啲飛五分鐘之前賣晒喇,我真係唔好彩!

    門票五分鐘之前賣光了,我真是倒霉! (mun4 piu3 ng5 fan1 zung1 zi1 cin4 maai6 gwong1 liu2, ngo5 zan1 si6 dou2 mui4!)

    The last ticket was sold five minutes ago - just my luck!

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

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