無賴

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See also: 无赖 and 無頼

Chinese

		not have	disclaim; rely; to blame
trad. (無賴)		無	賴
simp. (无赖)		无	赖

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wúlài

(Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄌㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ laai^6-2
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vù-lai
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bû-lāi / bû-nāi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wúlài
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄌㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wúlài
  - Wade–Giles: wu²-lai⁴
  - Yale: wú-lài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wulay
  - Palladius: улай (ulaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ laɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ laai^6-2
  - Yale: mòuh láai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ laai^6-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ lai^6-2
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ laːi̯²²⁻³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vù-lai
  - Hakka Romanization System: vu^ˇ lai
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vu² lai⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /vu¹¹ lai̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-lāi
  - Tâi-lô: bû-lāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bulai
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu¹³⁻²² lai²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bu²⁴⁻²² lai⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bu²⁴⁻²² lai²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-nāi
  - Tâi-lô: bû-nāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bunai
  - IPA (Taipei): /bu²⁴⁻¹¹ nãi³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bu²³⁻³³ nãi³³/

Middle Chinese: mju lajH

Rime
Character	無	賴
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	泰 (25)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	武夫切	落蓋切
Baxter	mju	lajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mɨo/	/lɑi^H/
Pan Wuyun	/mio/	/lɑi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/mio/	/lɑi^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muə̆/	/laj^H/
Li Rong	/mio/	/lɑi^H/
Wang Li	/mĭu/	/lɑi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯u/	/lɑi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wú	lài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mou⁴	laai⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ma|mo rˤa-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*ma raːds/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	無	無	無	賴
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wú	wú	wú	lài
Middle Chinese	‹ mju ›	‹ mju ›	‹ mju ›	‹ laj^H ›
Old Chinese	/*ma/	/*ma/	/*mo/	/*rˁa-s/
English	not have	volitional prefix	don’t	depend on
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be -t or -p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	無	賴
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	13117	7631
Phonetic component	無	賴
Rime group	魚	祭
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	無	賴
Old Chinese	/*ma/	/*raːds/
Notes		本從剌聲

Adjective

無賴

Synonyms

(bored): 無聊／无聊 (wúliáo), (Hokkien) 無想俗／无想俗

Noun

無賴

lowlife; scumbag; scoundrel

Synonyms

惡棍 / 恶棍 (ègùn)
木克 (⁸moq-kheq) (Wu, male)
歹囝 (Hokkien, Teochew)
歹狗 (Hokkien)
歹狗仔 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
歹蟲 / 歹虫 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
流氓 (liúmáng)
流飛 / 流飞 (⁶lieu-fi) (Wu)
混混 (hùnhùn)
溜娃子 (Urumqi Mandarin)
溜溜子 (Urumqi Mandarin)
玩鬧 / 玩闹 (wánnào) (regional, colloquial)
痞子 (pǐzi)
阿飛 / 阿飞 (āfēi) (colloquial)
霎仔 (Xiamen Hokkien)
鱸鰻 / 鲈鳗 (Xiamen Hokkien)
鱸鰻田穿 / 鲈鳗田穿 (Quanzhou Hokkien)

Derived terms

耍無賴 / 耍无赖 (shuǎ wúlài)

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