無聊賴

Chinese

		not have	to rely on something; to suffer tedium
trad. (無聊賴)		無	聊賴
simp. (无聊赖)		无	聊赖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúliáolài

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄌㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ liu⁴ laai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúliáolài
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄌㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúliáolài
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-liao²-lai⁴
    • Yale: wú-lyáu-lài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuliaulay
    • Palladius: уляолай (uljaolaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ laɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mou⁴ liu⁴ laai⁶
    • Yale: mòuh lìuh laaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ liu⁴ laai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ liu⁴ lai⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ liːu̯²¹ laːi̯²²/

Adjective

無聊賴

1. (literary) dejected; dispirited; utterly bored; not having any sustenance