聊賴

Chinese

		to chat; to have a chat; to kill time	disclaim; rely; to blame
trad. (聊賴)		聊	賴
simp. (聊赖)		聊	赖

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liáolài

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄌㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁴ laai⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liáolài
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄌㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: liáolài
  - Wade–Giles: liao²-lai⁴
  - Yale: lyáu-lài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liaulay
  - Palladius: ляолай (ljaolaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ljɑʊ̯³⁵ laɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: liu⁴ laai⁶
  - Yale: lìuh laaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁴ laai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: liu⁴ lai⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯²¹ laːi̯²²/

Verb

聊賴

(literary, chiefly in the negative) to rely on something (for a living or to occupy one's mind); to suffer tedium

Derived terms

百無聊賴／百无聊赖 (bǎiwúliáolài)

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