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All HSK 3.0 Level 7–9 words

倒霉

dǎoméi
HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9HSK 2.0 · Level 5

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

  1. to have bad luck
  2. to be out of luck

Stroke order

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
dào
(adv.) actually, however; to pour
Words with 倒
倒倒闭倒车倒是摔倒打倒倒卖倒数
霉
méi
mold; mildew