災荒

See also: 灾荒

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zāihuāng

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zāihuāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄞㄏㄨㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zaihuang
  - Wade–Giles: tsai¹-huang¹
  - Yale: dzāi-hwāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaihuang
  - Palladius: цзайхуан (czajxuan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡saɪ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zoi¹ fong¹
  - Yale: jōi fōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoi¹ fong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zoi¹ fong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔːi̯⁵⁵ fɔːŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chai-hong
  - Tâi-lô: tsai-hong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zai'hofng
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sai⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sai³³ hɔŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chai-hng
  - Tâi-lô: tsai-hng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zai'hngf
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sai⁴⁴⁻²² hŋ̍⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sai³³ hŋ̍³³/

Noun

災荒

famine due to crop failures

Synonyms

糧荒／粮荒 (liánghuāng)
饑荒／饥荒 (jīhuāng)
饑饉／饥馑 (jījǐn) (literary)

Related terms

絕收／绝收 (juéshōu)
歉收 (qiànshōu)

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