牢獄之災

Chinese

		prison; jail	's; him/her/it; this	disaster; calamity
trad. (牢獄之災)		牢獄	之	災
simp. (牢狱之灾)		牢狱	之	灾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): láoyùzhīzāi

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˊ ㄩˋ ㄓ ㄗㄞ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁴ juk⁶ zi¹ zoi¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: láoyùzhīzāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˊ ㄩˋ ㄓ ㄗㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: láoyùjhihzai
    • Wade–Giles: lao²-yü⁴-chih¹-tsai¹
    • Yale: láu-yù-jr̄-dzāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lauyuhjytzai
    • Palladius: лаоюйчжицзай (laojujčžiczaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯³⁵ y⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁴ juk⁶ zi¹ zoi¹
    • Yale: lòuh yuhk jī jōi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁴ juk⁹ dzi¹ dzoi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁴ yug⁶ ji¹ zoi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯²¹ jʊk̚² t͡siː⁵⁵ t͡sɔːi̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

牢獄之災

1. imprisonment; prison; jail