倒 dǎo
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 到 to go to, to arrive
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
倒霉
dǎoméi
unlucky; unfortunate
Characters in this word
霉 méi
- Strokes
- 15
- Radical
- 雨 — rain
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他本想借雨天促销，倒霉的是仓库正好漏水。 Tā běn xiǎng jiè yǔtiān cùxiāo, dǎoméi de shì cāngkù zhènghǎo lòushuǐ. He had intended to use the rainy weather for a promotion; unfortunately, the warehouse happened to be leaking.
- 今天真倒霉，出门就下雨，还丢了钥匙。 Jīntiān zhēn dǎoméi, chūmén jiù xià yǔ, hái diū le yàoshi. What bad luck today: it rained as soon as I went out, and I lost my keys too.
- 他真是个倒霉的人，买什么东西都会坏。 Tā zhēn shì ge dǎoméi de rén, mǎi shénme dōngxi dōu huì huài. He's really unlucky; whatever he buys breaks.
Related words
- 倒 dǎo to fall over
- 倒 dào to pour
- 倒闭 dǎobì to go bankrupt
- 倒车 dǎochē to transfer vehicles
- 倒车 dàochē to reverse a car
- 倒是 dàoshì actually; on the other hand
- 摔倒 shuāidǎo to fall down
- 打倒 dǎdǎo to knock down; to overthrow
- 倒塌 dǎotā to collapse; to topple
- 倒计时 dàojìshí countdown
- 倒数 dàoshǔ to count backwards; from the end
- 倒退 dàotuì to go backwards; to regress