Definition
晦气 is a stative verb (colloquial adjective) meaning 'having bad luck' or 'unlucky'. Unlike the more formal 不幸 (búxìng), 晦气 is used in casual spoken Chinese, often as an exclamation (真晦气!) when something inconvenient or annoying happens. It carries a tone of complaint or frustration, not just bad luck in a general sense.
s.v.
unluckyhaving bad luck (colloquial)
Examples
- 晦气，。Jīntiān zhēn huì qì, chūmén jiù xià yǔ le.What bad luck today — it started raining as soon as I left the house.
- 晦气，。Tā juéde zìjǐ zuìjìn hěn huì qì, zuò shénme dōu bú shùn.He feels he's been very unlucky lately — nothing goes smoothly.
- ，晦气。Bié shuō le, yuè shuō yuè huì qì.Don't talk about it, the more you talk the worse the luck gets.
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