倒霉
dou2 mui4dǎo méi
English
- to have bad luck
- to be out of luck
- to have bad luck; to be down on one's luck
粵語 — Cantonese
- 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