耍賴

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Chinese

		play with; to juggle	disclaim; rely; to blame
trad. (耍賴)		耍	賴
simp. (耍赖)		耍	赖

Etymology

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Particularly: “related to 撒賴／撒赖 (sālài)?”

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shuǎlài

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄚˇ ㄌㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saa² laai⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sóa-lāi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shuǎlài
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄚˇ ㄌㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuǎlài
  - Wade–Giles: shua³-lai⁴
  - Yale: shwǎ-lài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoalay
  - Palladius: шуалай (šualaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ laɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saa² laai⁶
  - Yale: sá laaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saa² laai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sa² lai⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saː³⁵ laːi̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sóa-lāi
  - Tâi-lô: suá-lāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soaflai
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lai²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sua⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lai⁴¹/

Verb

耍賴

to act shamelessly and unreasonably; to be a rascal
to deny; to not admit; to not acknowledge (responsibility, wrongdoing, a promise, etc.)

Synonyms

小皮 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
撒賴／撒赖 (sālài)
耍無賴／耍无赖 (shuǎ wúlài)
耍賴皮／耍赖皮 (shuǎ làipí)
起𡳞面 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
起挽面 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
起痟貓面／起痟猫面 (Quanzhou Hokkien)

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