百無聊賴

Chinese

		hundred	dejected; dispirited; utterly bored dejected; dispirited; utterly bored; not having any sustenance
trad. (百無聊賴)		百	無聊賴
simp. (百无聊赖)		百	无聊赖
Literally: “bored 100 times over”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǎiwúliáolài

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄌㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ mou⁴ liu⁴ laai⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bǎiwúliáolài
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄌㄞˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baewuliaulay
  - IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ u³⁵ li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ laɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: baak³ mou⁴ liu⁴ laai⁶
  - Yale: baak mòuh lìuh laaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ mou⁴ liu⁴ laai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bag³ mou⁴ liu⁴ lai⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /paːk̚³ mou̯²¹ liːu̯²¹ laːi̯²²/

Idiom

百無聊賴

bored to death; bored stiff; overcome with boredom

Synonyms

(Min Nan) 無著索／无着索

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