阿災

Chinese

		phonetic; (final part.); (interj.) phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people	disaster; calamity
trad. (阿災)		阿	災
simp. (阿灾)		阿	灾

Etymology

From Hokkien 曷知 (a̍h-chai)

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): āzāi

  (Zhuyin): ㄚ ㄗㄞ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: āzāi
    • Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄗㄞ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: azai
    • Wade–Giles: a¹-tsai¹
    • Yale: ā-dzāi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: atzai
    • Palladius: ацзай (aczaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵⁵/

Phrase

阿災

1. (Taiwan, slang) I don't know; how should I know?

Pronunciation 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 阿災 – see 曷知 (“who would have thought; little did one know; how was one to know; etc.”). (This term is a variant form of 曷知).