擺爛

Chinese

		pendulum; to place; to display pendulum; to place; to display; to swing; to oscillate; to show; to move; to exhibit	rotten; decayed; well-cooked rotten; decayed; well-cooked; mushy; broken; bad; to decay; completely
trad. (擺爛)		擺	爛
simp. (摆烂)		摆	烂
Literally: “to let rot”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎilàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄌㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baai² laan⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎilàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄌㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎilàn
    • Wade–Giles: pai³-lan⁴
    • Yale: bǎi-làn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baelann
    • Palladius: байлань (bajlanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ län⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baai² laan⁶
    • Yale: báai laahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baai² laan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bai² lan⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːi̯³⁵ laːn²²/

Verb

擺爛

1. (neologism, slang) to strive instead for shoddiness (especially when knowing that one cannot succeed)