爛仔

Chinese

		rotten; decayed; well-cooked rotten; decayed; well-cooked; mushy; broken; bad; to decay; completely	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
trad. (爛仔)		爛	仔
simp. (烂仔)		烂	仔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lànzǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄢˋ ㄗㄞˇ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): laan⁶ zai²

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lan⁵ doi²

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): lan⁴ zai³ / lan⁴ zai³-¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lànzǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄢˋ ㄗㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lànzǎi
    • Wade–Giles: lan⁴-tsai³
    • Yale: làn-dzǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lanntzae
    • Palladius: ланьцзай (lanʹczaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /län⁵¹ t͡saɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: laan⁶ zai²
    • Yale: laahn jái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laan⁶ dzai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lan⁶ zei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːn²² t͡sɐi̯³⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lan⁵ doi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lan³² tᵘɔi⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: lan⁴ zai³ / lan⁴ zai³-¹
    • Sinological IPA: /lan⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡saɪ³¹/, /lan⁵³ t͡saɪ⁴⁴/

Noun

爛仔

1. hooligan; lout
2. (Hakka) loafer; idler
3. (Hakka) pickpocket

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 扒手 (“pickpocket”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		扒手
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	鑷子把兒
	Taiwan	扒手
	Harbin	三隻手
	Singapore	扒手
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	扒手
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	三隻手兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	扒手
	Wanrong	三隻手
	Xuzhou	三隻手, 倆夾兒, 賆家子 dated
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	溜娃子, 溜娃兒
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	三隻手
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	扒手, 摸跟兒, 三隻手
	Wuhan	三隻手, 剾包的, 剾巴手
	Liuzhou	扒手, 三隻手, 三隻眼
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	扒兒手
	Yangzhou	扒兒手, 三隻手
Cantonese	Guangzhou	三隻手, 扒手, 插手, 荷包友, 荷包仔, 泡哥, 阿泡
	Hong Kong	三隻手, 扒手, 文雀, 老插 dated
	Taishan	插手
	Dongguan	扒仔, 三隻手
Gan	Nanchang	扒子手
	Lichuan	扒子手
	Pingxiang	三隻手
Hakka	Meixian	撮仔, 爛仔, 撮仔賊
	Yudu	扒手, 拉手
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	剪綹仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	剪綹仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	剪綹仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	剪綹
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	剪綹仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	落子
Huizhou	Jixi	三隻手
Jin	Xinzhou	三隻手
Northern Min	Jian'ou	馬仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	街扒
Southern Min	Xiamen	三肢手, 剪綹仔, 剪綹
	Quanzhou	三肢手, 剪綹
	Jinjiang	佬仔
	Zhangzhou	剪綹仔, 剪綹
	Zhao'an	鉸仔
	Taipei	剪綹仔, 飛鼠 GT
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	剪綹
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	剪綹仔
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	剪綹仔
	Kaohsiung	剪綹仔
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	剪綹仔
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	剪綹仔
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	剪綹仔
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	剪綹仔
	Yilan	剪綹仔
	Yilan (Luodong)	剪綹仔
	Yilan (Toucheng)	剪綹仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	剪綹
	Taichung	剪綹仔
	Tainan	剪綹仔, 三肢手
	Tainan (Anping)	剪綹仔
	Hsinchu	剪綹仔
	Kinmen	剪綹仔
	Penghu (Magong)	剪綹仔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	拍沙包, 必搏結
	Shantou	扒龜囝, 扒囝
	Jieyang	扒龜囝
	Leizhou	插手
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	扒手, 三隻手
Wu	Shanghai	扒兒手, 三隻手, 扒手, 鉗工, 戳兒手
	Suzhou	扒兒手, 三隻手
	Danyang	扒兒手, 三隻手, 扒耳手
	Hangzhou	扒兒手, 三隻手
	Ningbo	三隻手
	Wenzhou	三隻手
	Jinhua	三隻手, 腰弄
Xiang	Changsha	扒手, 三隻手
	Loudi	扒子手, 三隻手

Derived terms

• 有牌爛仔／有牌烂仔 (jau⁵ paai⁴ laan⁶ zai²) (Cantonese)