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Chinese
Etymology
From earlier 擸𢶍 (làsà, “to jumble; jumble; litter”). Reduplication derived from a root (*lap or *sap) meaning "untidy, unclean". The pronunciation "lèsè" is possibly influenced by Wu.
Second syllable of the Mainland Mandarin reading lājī is irregular, resulting from the incorrect association of the rare character in its obsolete form 靸 (sǎ) with the usual pronunciation of its phonetic component (及 (jí)).
Cognate with 邋遢 (lāta, “unclean, untidy, unkempt”) (> 邋邋遢遢, 邋裡邋遢／邋里邋遢).
Pronunciation 1
Note: lah4 sab4 - Shantou.
Note:
- 3la xi - modern, influenced by Mandarin;
- 5leq seq - near-obsolete.
Noun
垃圾
- (literally) garbage; rubbish; trash; waste; refuse; junk
- 清理垃圾 ― qīnglǐ lājī ― to clean up the rubbish
- 扔垃圾 ― rēng lājī ― to litter
- (figuratively) rubbish (a valueless thing)
- (computing, Internet, prefix) junk messages; spam; unsolicited messages
- 垃圾郵箱／垃圾邮箱 ― lājī yóuxiāng ― spam folder
我昨天收到了三十多條垃圾短信。 [MSC, trad.]
我昨天收到了三十多条垃圾短信。 [MSC, simp.]- Wǒ zuótiān shōudào le sānshí duō tiáo lājī duǎnxìn.
- I received over 30 spam text messages yesterday.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
垃圾 (“rubbish; garbage”)
| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
垃圾, 廢物, 廢品, 破爛
|
| Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
垃圾, 髒土
|
| Taiwan
|
垃圾
|
| Harbin
|
髒土, 擱扔
|
| Jinan
|
髒器, 垃圾
|
| Xi'an
|
惡圾, 髒發
|
| Yinchuan
|
落索, 惡索 Hui
|
| Xining
|
惡索
|
| Ürümqi
|
垃圾
|
| Wuhan
|
渣滓, 垃圾
|
| Chengdu
|
渣滓, 渣渣
|
| Guiyang
|
渣渣
|
| Guilin
|
垃圾
|
| Pingle
|
垃圾, 糞草
|
| Liuzhou
|
垃圾
|
| Tianlin (Langping)
|
垃圾
|
| Yangzhou
|
灰, 垃圾
|
| Nanjing
|
垃圾
|
| Hefei
|
髒, 糞草
|
| Qimen (Anling Junhua)
|
落索
|
| Changle (Qinjiang)
|
糞草
|
| Malaysia
|
垃圾
|
| Singapore
|
垃圾
|
| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
|
惡瑣
|
| Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)
|
ңәсуй
|
| Mae Salong (Lancang)
|
糞草, 垃圾
|
| Mae Sai (Tengchong)
|
糞草
|
| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
垃圾
|
| Hong Kong
|
垃圾
|
| Macau
|
垃圾
|
| Taishan
|
垃圾
|
| Dongguan
|
垃圾
|
| Shenzhen (Dapeng)
|
垃圾
|
| Yangjiang
|
垃圾
|
| Hepu (Lianzhou)
|
垃圾
|
| Hepu (Shatian)
|
垃圾
|
| Baise
|
垃圾
|
| Beihai
|
垃圾
|
| Beihai (Nankang)
|
垃圾
|
| Beihai (Yingpan)
|
垃圾
|
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
|
垃圾
|
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
|
垃圾
|
| Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
|
垃圾
|
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
垃圾
|
| Singapore (Guangfu)
|
垃圾
|
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
|
垃圾
|
| Móng Cái
|
垃圾
|
| Bangkok (Guangfu)
|
垃圾
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
罯屑
|
| Pengze
|
邋遢
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
垃圾
|
| Xingning
|
刷
|
| Huidong (Daling)
|
垃圾
|
| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
垃圾
|
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
|
垃圾
|
| Wuping
|
垃圾
|
| Wuping (Pingyu)
|
垃圾, 地腳
|
| Liancheng
|
垃圾
|
| Ninghua
|
垃圾
|
| Ruijin
|
垃圾
|
| Shicheng
|
垃圾
|
| Shangyou (Shexi)
|
齷齪子
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
垃圾
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
地圾
|
| Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)
|
垃圾
|
| Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)
|
地圾
|
| Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)
|
垃圾
|
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
垃圾
|
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
垃圾
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
垃圾
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
垃圾
|
| Bobai (Shahe)
|
垃圾
|
| Bobai (Longtan)
|
垃圾
|
| Bobai (Lingping)
|
垃圾
|
| Kuching (Hepo)
|
垃圾
|
| Bangkok (Jiexi)
|
垃圾
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
垃圾
|
| Qimen (Anling Minhua)
|
垃圾
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
惡圾, 灰渣
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
垃圾
|
| Pucheng (Shibei)
|
垃圾
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
糞掃
|
| Fuqing
|
糞掃
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
糞掃, 霎洗
|
| Quanzhou
|
糞掃, 霎洗, 垃圾
|
| Zhangzhou
|
糞掃, 垃圾
|
| Zhao'an
|
垃圾
|
| Dongshan
|
糞掃
|
| Taipei
|
垃圾仔, 垃儳仔, 糞掃
|
| New Taipei (Tamsui)
|
糞掃
|
| New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
糞掃
|
| New Taipei (Pingxi)
|
糞掃
|
| Kaohsiung
|
糞掃, 垃圾仔
|
| Kaohsiung (Cijin)
|
糞掃
|
| Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)
|
糞掃
|
| Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)
|
糞掃
|
| Kaohsiung (Tianliao)
|
垃圾仔
|
| Yilan
|
垃圾仔, 糞掃
|
| Yilan (Toucheng)
|
糞掃
|
| Changhua (Lukang)
|
垃圾仔, 糞掃
|
| Taichung
|
糞掃
|
| Tainan
|
垃圾仔, 糞掃
|
| Tainan (Anping)
|
糞掃
|
| Hsinchu
|
糞掃
|
| Kinmen
|
糞掃, 垃圾
|
| Penghu (Magong)
|
糞掃
|
| Penghu (Xiyu)
|
糞掃
|
| Penang (Hokkien)
|
垃圾, 儳飽
|
| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
垃圾, 糞掃
|
| Manila (Hokkien)
|
糞掃, 垃圾
|
| Chaozhou
|
杜糞, 垃圾
|
| Shantou
|
垃圾
|
| Shantou (Chaoyang)
|
垃圾
|
| Jieyang
|
杜糞, 垃圾
|
| Bangkok (Teochew)
|
垃圾
|
| Puxian Min
|
Xianyou
|
垃圾, 糞事
|
| Fuding (Aoyao)
|
圾屑
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Shaxi (Longdu)
|
垃圾
|
| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
垃圾
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
垃圾
|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
垃圾
|
| Shanghai (Songjiang)
|
𤎤𡮦
|
| Suzhou
|
垃圾
|
| Danyang
|
垃圾
|
| Hangzhou
|
垃圾
|
| Ningbo
|
垃圾, 臘塞
|
| Wenzhou
|
糞掃, 垃圾
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
屑子
|
| Xiangxiang
|
屑子
|
| Shuangfeng
|
屑子
|
Derived terms
Adjective
垃圾
- (colloquial) very bad; rubbish
- 電影太垃圾了！／电影太垃圾了！ ― Diànyǐng tài lājī le! ― This movie is so shit!
Synonyms
- 不善 (bùshàn)
- 不好
- 不妙 (bùmiào)
- 不怎麼樣／不怎么样 (bùzěnmeyàng)
- 不濟／不济 (bùjì)
- 不腆 (bùtiǎn) (Classical Chinese, self-deprecatory)
- 了丁 (Min Nan)
- 低下 (dīxià)
- 低劣 (dīliè)
- 低路 (Min Nan)
- 劣 (literary, or in compounds)
- 屎 (Cantonese)
- 差 (chà)
- 差勁／差劲 (chàjìn) (colloquial)
- 差氣／差气 (Hokkien)
- 拙劣 (zhuōliè)
- 推扳 (1the-pe) (Shanghainese)
- 梢跤 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 梢跤軟蹄／梢跤软蹄 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 梢蹬 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 欠佳 (qiànjiā)
- 水皮 (seoi2 pei4) (Cantonese)
- 潮 (cháo) (colloquial, of quality or technique)
- 無良／无良 (wúliáng) (formal)
- 破 (pò) (colloquial)
- 跤梢 (Xiamen Hokkien)
- 蹩腳／蹩脚 (biéjiǎo)
- 鄙劣 (bǐliè) (literary)
Pronunciation 2
- Hakka
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Hsinchu, Taichung, Lukang, Kinmen, Singapore)
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan, Lukang, Sanxia, Magong, Singapore)
- (Teochew)
Adjective
垃圾
- (Hakka, Hokkien) dirty; unhygienic
- (Mainland China Hokkien) low and cheap; substandard and vile
- (Hakka) haunted
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
髒 (“dirty”)
| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
| Classical Chinese
|
污, 穢, 污穢
|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
骯髒, 污穢
|
| Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
髒, 腌臢
|
| Taiwan
|
髒, 骯髒
|
| Langfang
|
髒
|
| Cangzhou
|
邋遢
|
| Baoding
|
骯髒
|
| Shijiazhuang
|
髒
|
| Daming
|
陳
|
| Harbin
|
埋汰
|
| Yantai (Muping)
|
髒, 邋乎, 埋汰
|
| Jinan
|
髒, 窩囊, 腌臢
|
| Luoyang
|
齷齪, 邋遢
|
| Wanrong
|
髒, 日髒, 骯髒
|
| Xi'an
|
髒, 骯髒
|
| Yinchuan
|
髒
|
| Lanzhou
|
髒
|
| Xining
|
骯髒, 髒
|
| Ürümqi
|
髒
|
| Wuhan
|
拉瓜, 賴
|
| Chengdu
|
髒, 齷齪, 邋遢
|
| Guiyang
|
髒
|
| Kunming
|
邋遢
|
| Liuzhou
|
邋遢, 污糟, 涴
|
| Xuzhou
|
骯髒, 腌臢
|
| Yangzhou
|
髒, 邋遢
|
| Nanjing
|
髒
|
| Hefei
|
髒, 膿糟, 拾弄
|
| Singapore
|
骯髒
|
| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
污糟, 邋遢, 揦鮓
|
| Hong Kong
|
污糟, 邋遢, 揦鮓
|
| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
|
邋遢, 骯屎
|
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
|
骯屎
|
| Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
|
揦鮓
|
| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
|
垠
|
| Macau
|
污糟
|
| Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
污糟, 邋遢
|
| Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
邋遢, 揦鮓
|
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
污糟, 邋遢
|
| Foshan
|
污糟, 邋遢
|
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
污糟
|
| Foshan (Shunde)
|
污糟
|
| Foshan (Sanshui)
|
污糟
|
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
污糟
|
| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
邋遢
|
| Zhuhai (Qianshan)
|
邋遢
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)
|
揦鮓
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
揦鮓
|
| Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
揦鮓, 邋遢
|
| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
揦鮓
|
| Taishan
|
邋遢, 揦鮓
|
| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
邋遢, 揦鮓
|
| Enping (Niujiang)
|
邋遢
|
| Heshan (Yayao)
|
邋遢
|
| Dongguan
|
賴濕, 鹹濕
|
| Shenzhen (Dapeng)
|
垠
|
| Yangjiang
|
失引, 污糟, 揦鮓
|
| Singapore (Guangfu)
|
污糟, 揦鮓
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
腌臢
|
| Lichuan
|
邋遢
|
| Pingxiang
|
雷堆, 雷賴, 齷齪
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
漚紐, 穢
|
| Xingning
|
累贅
|
| Huidong (Daling)
|
囉嗦
|
| Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
囉嗦
|
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
囉嗦
|
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
烏數
|
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
|
烏奴
|
| Liannan
|
邋遢
|
| Jiexi
|
垃圾
|
| Changting
|
齷齪
|
| Wuping
|
屙糟
|
| Wuping (Pingyu)
|
屙糟
|
| Liancheng
|
屙糟
|
| Ninghua
|
齷齪
|
| Yudu
|
屙糟
|
| Ruijin
|
屙糟
|
| Shangyou (Shexi)
|
垃圾
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
屙糟, 垃圾
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
屙糟, 垃圾
|
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
屙糟, 垃圾
|
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
屙糟, 垃圾
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
屙糟, 垃圾
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
屙糟, 垃圾
|
| Hong Kong
|
漚紐, 累贅, 囉嗦
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
活柴, 污糟
|
| Shexian
|
邋遢, 污糟
|
| Tunxi
|
遢邋
|
| Xiuning
|
遢邋
|
| Yixian
|
邋遢
|
| Qimen
|
邋遢
|
| Wuyuan
|
邋遢
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
日髒, 髒, 腌臢
|
| Xinzhou
|
日髒
|
| Zhangjiakou
|
髒
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
污喏, 垃圾
|
| Jian'ou (Dikou)
|
污喏
|
| Jianyang
|
污喏
|
| Wuyishan
|
垃圾
|
| Pucheng (Shibei)
|
垃圾
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
垃渣, 濫𡞟, 懶露, 五鹵, 齷齪
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
流瘍, 流死瘍, 垃圾, 腌臢, 驚儂, 垃儳, 穢涗, 塕埃
|
| Quanzhou
|
腌臢, 兇, 驚儂, 穢涗, 塕埃
|
| Zhangzhou
|
腌臢, 垃圾, 淤漬, 驚儂, 垃圾鬼, 穢涗, 塕埃
|
| Taipei
|
垃圾, 垃儳, 癩𰣻爛癆, 驚儂
|
| New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
垃圾, 腌臢, 癩𰣻, 驚儂
|
| Kaohsiung
|
垃圾, 垃儳, 腌臢, 癩𰣻, 驚儂
|
| Yilan
|
垃圾, 垃儳, 腌臢, 癩𰣻爛癆, 驚儂
|
| Changhua (Lukang)
|
垃圾, 癩𰣻爛癆, 驚儂
|
| Taichung
|
垃圾
|
| Taichung (Wuqi)
|
垃圾
|
| Tainan
|
垃圾, 垃儳, 腌臢, 癩𰣻, 癩𰣻爛癆, 驚儂, 流𣻸
|
| Taitung
|
垃圾
|
| Hsinchu
|
垃圾, 腌臢, 癩𰣻
|
| Kinmen
|
垃圾, 腌臢, 驚儂, 垃儳, 癩𰣻
|
| Penghu (Magong)
|
垃圾, 腌臢, 驚儂, 垃儳, 癩𰣻
|
| Penang (Hokkien)
|
垃儳
|
| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
流瘍, 垃儳, 垃圾, 厚穢
|
| Manila (Hokkien)
|
腌臢
|
| Chaozhou
|
垃圾, 鏖糟, 凄疑
|
| Shantou
|
垃圾, 鏖糟, 凄疑
|
| Shantou (Chaoyang)
|
垃圾
|
| Jieyang
|
垃圾, 鏖糟, 凄疑
|
| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
凄疑
|
| Singapore (Teochew)
|
垃圾, 邋遢
|
| Leizhou
|
邋滯
|
| Wenchang
|
尻髒
|
| Haikou
|
尻髒
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Shaxi (Longdu)
|
污盧
|
| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
齷齪
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
齷齪, 鏖糟 dated
|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
邋遢, 齷齪
|
| Suzhou
|
齷齪, 邋遢, 污糟
|
| Wuxi
|
污糟, 齷拉
|
| Danyang
|
髒
|
| Hangzhou
|
埲, 邋遢
|
| Ningbo
|
膩腥, 鏖糟, 淟汰, 邋遢 dated
|
| Wenzhou
|
鏖糟, 髒
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| Jinhua
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遮捏, 鏖糟
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| Xiang
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Changsha
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邋遢, 邋糊
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| Shuangfeng
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派老, 邋遢
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