稀爛

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): ㄒㄧ ㄌㄢˋ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīlàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄌㄢˋ
    • 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

1. pulpy; mushy
2. smashed to smithereens
3. 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 [Pinyin]

   a good hand ruined (by a lousy player)

Synonyms

• (sense 2, 3) 稀巴爛／稀巴烂 (xībālàn)