無彩

Chinese

		not have	(bright) colour; variety; applause (bright) colour; variety; applause; applaud; (lottery) prize
trad. (無彩)		無	彩
simp. (无彩)		无	彩
alternative forms		無采

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bô-chhái

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-chhái
    • Tâi-lô: bô-tshái
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boizhae
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bo²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰai⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bo¹³⁻²² t͡sʰai⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Singapore): /bo²⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰai⁴²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bo²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰai⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰai⁵³/

Adjective

無彩

1. (Southern Min) regrettable; too bad; a pity; a shame

Synonyms

• 可惜 (kěxī)
• (Hokkien) 拍損／拍损, 仄挩／仄捝

Verb

無彩

1. (Southern Min) to waste (time, energy, effort, etc.)

Synonyms

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• 加了 (Hokkien, chiefly money)
• 干了 (Hokkien, chiefly money)
• 抖落 (dǒuluò)
• 折騰 / 折腾 (zhēteng) (colloquial)
• 拋荒 / 抛荒 (pāohuāng)
• 揮霍 / 挥霍 (huīhuò)
• 曠廢 / 旷废 (kuàngfèi)
• 枉費 / 枉费 (wǎngfèi)
• 浪費 / 浪费 (làngfèi)
• 白了 (Hokkien)
• 白白了 (Hokkien)
• 白費 / 白费 (báifèi)
• 空費 / 空费 (kōngfèi)
• 糟蹋 (zāotà)
• 耽誤 / 耽误 (chiefly time)
• 荒廢 / 荒废 (huāngfèi)
• 虛耗 / 虚耗 (xūhào)
• 靡費 / 靡费 (mífèi) (formal)

Derived terms

• 無彩工 / 无彩工

Adverb

無彩

1. (Southern Min) in vain; to no purpose; for nothing

Synonyms

• 徒然 (túrán)
• 枉然 (wǎngrán)