狡賴

Chinese

		crafty; cunning; sly	disclaim; rely; to blame
trad. (狡賴)		狡	賴
simp. (狡赖)		狡	赖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎolài

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau² laai⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): káu-lāi / káu-nāi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎolài
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎolài
    • Wade–Giles: chiao³-lai⁴
    • Yale: jyǎu-lài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeaulay
    • Palladius: цзяолай (czjaolaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ laɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaau² laai⁶
    • Yale: gáau laaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau² laai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gao² lai⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯³⁵ laːi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: káu-lāi
    • Tâi-lô: káu-lāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kawlai
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lai²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: káu-nāi
    • Tâi-lô: káu-nāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kawnai
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ nãi²²/

Verb

狡賴

1. to deny by resorting to sophistry