稀巴爛

Chinese

		diluted; sparse	(suff. for certain nouns); to hope; to wish (suff. for certain nouns); to hope; to wish; Palestinian, Palestine (abbrev.); Pakistan (abbrev.); Pascal (unit of pressure)	rotten; decayed; well-cooked rotten; decayed; well-cooked; mushy; broken; bad; to decay; completely
trad. (稀巴爛)		稀	巴	爛
simp. (稀巴烂)		稀	巴	烂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xībālàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄅㄚ ㄌㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹ baa¹ laan⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xībālàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄅㄚ ㄌㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sibalàn
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-pa¹-lan⁴
    • Yale: syī-bā-làn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shibalann
    • Palladius: сибалань (sibalanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ pä⁵⁵ län⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hei¹ baa¹ laan⁶
    • Yale: hēi bā laahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹ baa¹ laan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: héi¹ ba¹ lan⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯⁵⁵ paː⁵⁵ laːn²²/

Adjective

稀巴爛

1. severely broken; shattered to unrecognisable pieces
2. very low-quality; very poor

   一手好牌打得稀巴爛 [MSC, trad.]
   一手好牌打得稀巴烂 [MSC, simp.]

   yī shǒu hǎo pái dǎ de xībālàn [Pinyin]

   a good hand completely ruined (by a lousy player)

Synonyms

• 稀爛／稀烂 (xīlàn)