耍賴

Chinese

		play with; to juggle	disclaim; rely; to blame
trad. (耍賴)		耍	賴
simp. (耍赖)		耍	赖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǎlài

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄚˇ ㄌㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saa² laai⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sóa-lāi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǎlài
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄚˇ ㄌㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuǎlài
    • Wade–Giles: shua³-lai⁴
    • Yale: shwǎ-lài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoalay
    • Palladius: шуалай (šualaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ laɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saa² laai⁶
    • Yale: sá laaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saa² laai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sa² lai⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saː³⁵ laːi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sóa-lāi
    • Tâi-lô: suá-lāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soaflai
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lai²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sua⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lai⁴¹/

Verb

耍賴

1. to act shamelessly and unreasonably; to be a rascal
2. to deny; to not admit; to not acknowledge (responsibility, wrongdoing, a promise, etc.)

Synonyms

• 小皮 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 撒賴／撒赖 (sālài)
• 耍無賴／耍无赖 (shuǎ wúlài)
• 耍賴皮／耍赖皮 (shuǎ làipí)
• 起𡳞面 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 起挽面 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 起痟貓面／起痟猫面 (Quanzhou Hokkien)