災厄

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See also: 灾厄

Chinese

		disaster; calamity	adversity
trad. (災厄)		災	厄
simp. (灾厄)		灾	厄
alternative forms		災阨／灾阨

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zāi'è

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄞㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zoi¹ ak¹ / zoi¹ aak¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chai-eh

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zāi'è
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄞㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zai-è
  - Wade–Giles: tsai¹-o⁴
  - Yale: dzāi-è
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaieh
  - Palladius: цзайэ (czajɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saɪ̯⁵⁵ ˀɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zoi¹ ak¹ / zoi¹ aak¹
  - Yale: jōi āk / jōi āak
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoi¹ ak⁷ / dzoi¹ aak⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: zoi¹ eg¹ / zoi¹ ag¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːi̯⁵⁵ ɐk̚⁵/, /t͡sɔːi̯⁵⁵ aːk̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chai-eh
  - Tâi-lô: tsai-eh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zai'eq
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sai⁴⁴⁻²² eʔ³²/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡sai⁴⁴⁻³³ eʔ³²/

Noun

災厄

(literary) disaster; calamity

Synonyms

亂兒／乱儿 (luànr) (dialectal)
人禍／人祸 (rénhuò) (man-made disaster)
劫 (jié) (Buddhism)
劫煞 (Hokkien)
劫難／劫难 (jiénàn)
厄 (literary, or in compounds)
大禍／大祸 (dàhuò) (major catastrophe)
大難／大难 (dànàn) (major catastrophe)
天災／天灾 (tiānzāi) (natural disaster)
央厄 (yāng'è) (literary)
奇禍／奇祸 (qíhuò) (literary, unexpected disaster)
巨禍／巨祸 (jùhuò) (literary)
患 (huàn) (literary, or in compounds)
慘事／惨事 (cǎnshì)
慘劇／惨剧 (cǎnjù)
慘禍／惨祸 (cǎnhuò) (tragic accident)
沙𧐔 (sua¹ sab⁴) (Teochew)
浩劫 (hàojié)
災／灾 (zāi) (literary, or in compounds)
災劫／灾劫 (zāijié) (literary)
災害／灾害 (zāihài)
災殃／灾殃 (zāiyāng)
災禍／灾祸 (zāihuò)
災變／灾变 (zāibiàn) (literary, natural disaster)
災難／灾难 (zāinàn)
癰疽／痈疽 (yōngjū) (figurative)
眚沴 (shěnglì) (literary)
禍／祸 (huò) (literary, or in compounds)
禍事／祸事 (huòshì)
禍害／祸害 (huòhài)
禍息／祸息 (ho⁵ si⁶) (Xiang)
禍患／祸患 (huòhuàn)
禍殃／祸殃 (huòyāng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
災	厄
さい Grade: 5	やく Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) さいやく (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

災(さい)厄(やく) • (saiyaku)

disaster; calamity
Synonyms: 災い, 災難

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
災	厄

Noun

災厄 • (jaeaek) (hangeul 재액)

hanja form^? of 재액 (“calamity, disaster”)

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