活該

See also: 活该

Chinese

		to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship	that; the above-mentioned; most likely that; the above-mentioned; most likely; to deserve; should; ought to; owe
trad. (活該)		活	該
simp. (活该)		活	该

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huógāi

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄍㄞ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wut⁶ goi¹
Min Nan (POJ): oa̍h-kai / hoa̍t-kai

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: huógāi
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄍㄞ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwogai
  - IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ³⁵ kaɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wut⁶ goi¹
  - Yale: wuht gōi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wut⁹ goi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wud⁶ goi¹
  - IPA ^(key): /wuːt̚² kɔːy̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa̍h-kai
  - Tâi-lô: ua̍h-kai
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oaqkay
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ua(ʔ)²⁴⁻²² kaɪ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ua(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ kaɪ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ua(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ kaɪ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa̍t-kai
  - Tâi-lô: hua̍t-kai
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoadkay
  - IPA (Xiamen): /huat̚⁴⁻³² kaɪ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /huat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ kaɪ⁴⁴/

Verb

活該

(colloquial) to serve someone right, to have gotten what's coming to one

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