# 倒霉 (dǎoméi)

In Mandarin Chinese, 倒霉 (dǎoméi) means “to have bad luck; to be out of luck”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to have bad luck; to be out of luck
- Pinyin: dǎoméi (dao3 mei2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 今天真倒霉，刚出门就忘带雨伞了。
  Jīntiān zhēn dǎoméi, gāng chūmén jiù wàng dài yǔsǎn le.
  What bad luck today; I forgot my umbrella right when I went out.

## Characters

- [倒](https://hanziro.com/word/dao-actually-however/) (dào): (adv.) actually, however; to pour
- 霉 (méi): mold; mildew

https://hanziro.com/word/dao-mei-have-bad-luck/

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