無賴

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

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• 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 Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vù-lai
    • Hakka Romanization System: vuˇ 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/

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• 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/	/lɑiH/
Pan Wuyun	/mio/	/lɑiH/
Shao Rongfen	/mio/	/lɑiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muə̆/	/lajH/
Li Rong	/mio/	/lɑiH/
Wang Li	/mĭu/	/lɑiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯u/	/lɑiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wú	lài
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mou4	laai6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ma|mo  rˤa[t]-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 ›	‹ lajH ›
Old Chinese	/*ma/	/*ma/	/*mo/	/*rˁa[t]-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. *[t] 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

1. unscrupulous; dishonourable
2. rude and unreasonable
3. (literary) bored

Synonyms

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

Noun

無賴

1. 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)
• 溜溜子 (Urumqi)
• 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)