Meaning of 倒霉
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
dǎoméi
- to have bad luck
- to be out of luck
倒霉 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
他倒霉透了。
He is shit out of luck.
我真的很倒霉！
How unlucky I am!
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倒 dǎo · to fall · 10 strokes
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霉 méi · mildew · 15 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 倒霉.
| 倒闭 | dǎobì | to go bankrupt; to close down |
| 倒车 | dǎochē | to change buses, trains etc |
| 摔倒 | shuāidǎo | to fall down; to slip and fall |
| 倒是 | dàoshì | contrary to what one might expect; actually |
| 打倒 | dǎdǎo | to overthrow; to knock down |
| 倒下 | dǎoxia | to collapse; to topple over |
| 倒数 | dàoshǔ | to count backwards (from 10 down to 0); to count down |
| 晕倒 | yūndǎo | to faint; to swoon |
| 倒计时 | dàojìshí | to count down; countdown |
| 倒塌 | dǎotā | to collapse (of building); to topple over |
| 颠倒 | diāndǎo | to turn upside down; to reverse |
| 反倒 | fǎndào | (coll.) but on the contrary; but instead |
Questions about 倒霉
What does 倒霉 mean?
倒霉 (dǎoméi) means "to have bad luck; to be out of luck".
How do you write 倒霉?
倒霉 is made of 2 characters: 倒 (10 strokes), 霉 (15 strokes). That is 25 strokes in total.
Is 倒霉 an HSK word?
Yes. 倒霉 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.