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災荒

災荒

See also: 灾荒

Chinese

		disaster; calamity	out of practice; uncultivated
trad. (災荒)		災	荒
simp. (灾荒)		灾	荒

Noun

災荒

famine due to crop failures

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zāihuāng

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄞㄏㄨㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zoi¹ fong¹
Min Nan (POJ): chai-hong / chai-hng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zāihuāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄞㄏㄨㄤ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaihuang
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡saɪ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zoi¹ fong¹
  - Yale: jōi fōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoi¹ fong¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːi̯⁵⁵ fɔːŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chai-hong
  - Tâi-lô: tsai-hong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zai'hofng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡saɪ³³ hɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡saɪ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡saɪ⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chai-hng
  - Tâi-lô: tsai-hng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zai'hngf
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡saɪ³³ hŋ̍³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡saɪ⁴⁴⁻²² hŋ̍⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡saɪ⁴⁴⁻²² hŋ̍⁴⁴/