薄幸

Chinese

		thin; slight; meagre thin; slight; meagre; small; ungenerous; unkind; mean; frivolous; despise; belittle; to approach; to go near; peppermint	fortunate; lucky
trad. (薄幸)		薄	幸
simp. #(薄幸)		薄	幸
alternative forms		薄倖／薄幸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bóxìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bok⁶ hang⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): po̍k-hēng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bóxìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bósìng
    • Wade–Giles: po²-hsing⁴
    • Yale: bwó-syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: borshinq
    • Palladius: босин (bosin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bok⁶ hang⁶
    • Yale: bohk hahng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bok⁹ hang⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bog⁶ heng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔːk̚² hɐŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: po̍k-hēng
    • Tâi-lô: po̍k-hīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pogheng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pɔk̚⁴⁻³² hiɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔk̚²⁴⁻² hiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ hiɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pɔk̚⁴⁻³² hiɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɔk̚⁴⁻³² hiɪŋ³³/

Adjective

薄幸

1. (literary) ill-fated; fickle in love
   • (Can we date this quote?), “禪院鐘聲”, 蘇翁 (lyrics):

     怨句妹妹太薄幸 [Literary Cantonese, trad. and simp.]

     jyun³ geoi³ mui^6-4 mui^6-2 taai³ bok⁶ hang⁶ [Jyutping]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)