背运

背運

bèiyùn

adjective #31,616

Meanings

1 unlucky
2 out of luck
3 to have bad luck
4 jinxed

Characters

back / to turn one's back on

Examples

他最近真背运,接连出了好几件事。

Tā zuìjìn zhēn bèiyùn, jiēlián chūle hǎo jǐ jiàn shì.

He's really been out of luck lately — one mishap after another.

今天打牌总是背运,一把都没赢。

Jīntiān dǎpái zǒngshì bèiyùn, yì bǎ dōu méi yíng.

I'm having terrible luck at cards today — haven't won a single hand.

Tips

memory

Picture luck (运 yùn) turning its back (背 bèi) on you — that's 背运. The opposite is 走运 (zǒuyùn) 'to be in luck'. Both are colloquial and very common in everyday spoken Chinese.

Stroke Order

背 bēi

运 yùn