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Jyutping joeng1
Pinyin yāng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. calamity
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. calamity/a disaster/death/to bring disaster/misfortune
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語素
    災害​;​壞事
    ominous event; disaster; calamity
    • 遭殃
      遭殃
      zou1 joeng1
      to befallen by disaster
    • 殃及池魚
      殃及池鱼
      joeng1 kap6 ci4 jyu4
      to cause innocent starting suffering
    • 禍國殃民
      祸国殃民
      wo6 gwok3 joeng1 man4
      to harm the country and cause suffering to the people
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character
    misfortune; disaster; calamity
  2. character
    to bring disaster to; to harm
Definitions (Unihan)
  1. misfortune, disaster, calamity
  2. Cangjie Input
    MNLBK
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级汉字表 #1020
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    俗话说:人不犯我,我不犯人;可俗话又说:先下手为强,后下手遭殃!
    俗話說:人不犯我,我不犯人;可俗話又說:先下手為強,後下手遭殃!
    sú huà shuō : rén bù fàn wǒ , wǒ bù fàn rén ; kě sú huà yòu shuō : xiān xià shǒu wéi qiáng , hòu xià shǒu zāo yāng !
    • As the saying goes: As long as you dont offend me, I dont offend you; But there's another saying: To strike frist means victory, to strike second means tragedy.
  2. Mandarin
    先下手为强,后下手遭殃。
    先下手為強,後下手遭殃。
    xiān xià shǒu wéi qiáng , hòu xià shǒu zāo yāng 。
    • Get them before they get us.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    租贵就遭殃。咪话商场啦,街都系啦,都唔系路嘅。
    租貴就遭殃。咪話商場啦,街都係啦,都唔係路嘅。
    • X
  2. Cantonese
    老板今日心情唔靓,我哋要遭殃喽。
    老闆今日心情唔靚,我哋要遭殃嘍。
    lou5 baan2 gam1 jat6 sam1 cing4 m4 leng3, ngo5 dei2 jiu3 zou1 joeng1 lau1.
    • Boss isn't in a good mood today, we're bound to suffer.
  3. Cantonese
    反贪浪潮一出,澳门对出嘅赌船就纷纷执笠,可谓殃及池鱼。
    反貪浪潮一出,澳門對出嘅賭船就紛紛執笠,可謂殃及池魚。
    faan2 taam1 long6 ciu4 jat1 ceot1, ou3 mun2 deoi3 ceot1 ge3 dou2 syun4 zau6 fan1 fan1 zap1 lap1, ho2 wai6 joeng1 kap6 ci4 jyu4.
    • During the anti-corruption campaign, the casino yachts far from the coast of Macau, as a collateral, were shut down.
  4. Cantonese
    殃及池鱼
    殃及池魚
    • to involve / to cause collateral damage to the innocent (lit.: to involve the fish in the pond)
  5. Cantonese
    隔篱台嗌紧交,无端端一杯水拨落我块面度,殃及无辜。
    隔籬枱嗌緊交,無端端一杯水撥落我塊面度,殃及無辜。
    gaak3 lei4 toi2 ngaai3 gan2 gaau1, mou4 dyun1 dyun1 jat1 bui1 seoi2 put3 lok6 ngo5 faai3 min6 dou6, joeng1 kap6 mou4 gu1.
    • Our neighbouring table was having quite a fight, and out of the blue my face was splashed with a cup of water. I guess I am a collateral here.