稀爛

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See also: 稀烂

Chinese

		diluted; sparse	rotten; decayed; well-cooked rotten; decayed; well-cooked; mushy; broken; bad; to decay; completely
trad. (稀爛)		稀	爛
simp. (稀烂)		稀	烂

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xīlàn

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄌㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hei¹ laan⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hi-lān

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xīlàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄌㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: silàn
  - Wade–Giles: hsi¹-lan⁴
  - Yale: syī-làn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shilann
  - Palladius: силань (silanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ län⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hei¹ laan⁶
  - Yale: hēi laahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hei¹ laan⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: héi¹ lan⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hei̯⁵⁵ laːn²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hi-lān
  - Tâi-lô: hi-lān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hilan
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hi⁴⁴⁻²² lan²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hi³³ lan⁴¹/

Adjective

稀爛

pulpy; mushy
smashed to smithereens
very low-quality; very poor
一手好牌打得稀爛 [MSC, trad.]
一手好牌打得稀烂 [MSC, simp.]
yī shǒu hǎo pái dǎ de xīlàn
a good hand ruined (by a lousy player)

Synonyms

(sense 2, 3) 稀巴爛／稀巴烂 (xībālàn)

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