人衰行路打倒褪

Chinese

		man; person; people	weak; feeble; decline weak; feeble; decline; wane; mourning garments	path; road; pedestrian	to go backwards
trad. (人衰行路打倒褪)		人	衰	行路	打倒褪
simp. #(人衰行路打倒褪)		人	衰	行路	打倒褪
Literally: “When one is in bad luck, he would end up walking backwards”.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan⁴ seoi¹ haang⁴ lou⁶ daa² dou³ tan³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan⁴ seoi¹ haang⁴ lou⁶ daa² dou³ tan³
    • Yale: yàhn sēui hàahng louh dá dou tan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan⁴ soey¹ haang⁴ lou⁶ daa² dou³ tan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen⁴ sêu¹ hang⁴ lou⁶ da² dou³ ten³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn²¹ sɵy̯⁵⁵ haːŋ²¹ lou̯²² taː³⁵ tou̯³³ tʰɐn³³/

Idiom

人衰行路打倒褪

1. (Cantonese) When one is in bad luck, everything he does would not be alright.