聊賴

Chinese

		to chat; to have a chat; to kill time	disclaim; rely; to blame
trad. (聊賴)		聊	賴
simp. (聊赖)		聊	赖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liáolài

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄌㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁴ laai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liáolài
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄌㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liáolài
    • Wade–Giles: liao²-lai⁴
    • Yale: lyáu-lài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liaulay
    • Palladius: ляолай (ljaolaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ laɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: liu⁴ laai⁶
    • Yale: lìuh laaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁴ laai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: liu⁴ lai⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯²¹ laːi̯²²/

Verb

聊賴

1. (literary, chiefly in the negative) to rely on something (for a living or to occupy one's mind); to suffer tedium

Derived terms

• 百無聊賴 / 百无聊赖 (bǎiwúliáolài)