吊兒郎當

Chinese

		to hang; to suspend	son; child; diminutive suffix	too large; baggy; abject too large; baggy; abject; down and out; wretched
trad. (吊兒郎當/弔兒郎當)		吊/弔	兒	郎當
simp. (吊儿郎当)		吊	儿	郎当
alternative forms		吊兒浪蕩／吊儿浪荡 吊兒浪當／吊儿浪当 吊兒啷噹／吊儿啷当 屌兒啷噹／屌儿啷当

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diào'erlángdāng, diàorlángdāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠˋ ˙ㄦ ㄌㄤˊ ㄉㄤ, ㄉㄧㄠˋㄦ ㄌㄤˊ ㄉㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): diu³ ji⁴ long⁴ dong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diào'erlángdāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠˋ ˙ㄦ ㄌㄤˊ ㄉㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diào-e̊rlángdang
    • Wade–Giles: tiao⁴-êrh⁵-lang²-tang¹
    • Yale: dyàu-er-láng-dāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diaw.ellangdang
    • Palladius: дяоэрландан (djaoerlandan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ ˀɤɻ¹ lɑŋ³⁵ tɑŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diàorlángdāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠˋㄦ ㄌㄤˊ ㄉㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diàorlángdang
    • Wade–Giles: tiao⁴-ʼrh-lang²-tang¹
    • Yale: dyàur-láng-dāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diawllangdang
    • Palladius: дяорландан (djaorlandan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯aʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹ lɑŋ³⁵ tɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: diu³ ji⁴ long⁴ dong¹
    • Yale: diu yìh lòhng dōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: diu³ ji⁴ long⁴ dong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: diu³ yi⁴ long⁴ dong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːu̯³³ jiː²¹ lɔːŋ²¹ tɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Adjective

吊兒郎當

1. (colloquial) sloppy; slapdash; lackadaisical; careless; half-assed