廢銅爛鐵

Chinese

		abolish; crippled	copper	rotten; decayed; well-cooked rotten; decayed; well-cooked; mushy; broken; bad; to decay; completely	iron
trad. (廢銅爛鐵)		廢	銅	爛	鐵
simp. (废铜烂铁)		废	铜	烂	铁

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fèitónglàntiě

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˋ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄝˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fai³ tung⁴ laan⁶ tit³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hòe-tâng-nōa-thih
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵fi-don-le-thiq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fèitónglàntiě
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˋ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄝˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fèitónglàntiě
    • Wade–Giles: fei⁴-tʻung²-lan⁴-tʻieh³
    • Yale: fèi-túng-làn-tyě
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feytornglanntiee
    • Palladius: фэйтунланьте (fɛjtunlanʹte)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵¹ tʰʊŋ³⁵ län⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fai³ tung⁴ laan⁶ tit³
    • Yale: fai tùhng laahn tit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fai³ tung⁴ laan⁶ tit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: fei³ tung⁴ lan⁶ tid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐi̯³³ tʰʊŋ²¹ laːn²² tʰiːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hòe-tâng-nōa-thih
    • Tâi-lô: huè-tâng-nuā-thih
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoea'dangnoaxtiq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hue²¹⁻⁵³ taŋ²⁴ nuã²²⁻²¹ tʰiʔ³²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵fi-don-le-thiq
    • MiniDict: fi^去 don le thih
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²fi-don-le-thiq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /fi³³ doŋ⁵⁵ le³³ tʰiɪʔ²¹/

Noun

廢銅爛鐵

1. (idiomatic) metal scrap; useless rusty metal objects
2. (idiomatic, by extension) anything that is broken and useless; junk

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 廢銅爛鐵 (“metal scrap”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		廢銅爛鐵, 破銅爛鐵
Mandarin	Taiwan	破銅爛鐵
	Luoyang	破銅爛鐵
Cantonese	Guangzhou	爛銅爛鐵
	Hong Kong	爛銅爛鐵
Gan	Nanchang	破銅爛鐵
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	破銅爛鐵
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	壞銅壞鐵
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	壞銅壞鐵
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	破銅壞鐵
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	壞銅壞鐵
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	壞銅鐵
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	壞銅壞鐵, 壞銅舊錫
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	壞銅壞鐵
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	壞銅壞鐵
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	壞銅壞鐵
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	壞銅壞鐵
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	壞銅壞鐵
Southern Min	Xiamen	歹銅舊錫, 臭銅爛鐵
	Zhao'an	破銅爛鐵
	Taipei	歹銅舊錫
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	歹銅舊錫
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	歹銅舊錫
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	歹銅舊錫
	Kaohsiung	歹銅舊錫
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	歹銅舊錫
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	歹銅舊錫
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	歹銅舊錫
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	歹銅舊錫
	Yilan	歹銅舊錫
	Yilan (Luodong)	歹銅舊錫
	Yilan (Toucheng)	歹銅舊錫
	Changhua (Lukang)	歹銅舊錫
	Changhua (Yongjing)	歹銅害鐵, 歹銅舊錫
	Taichung	歹銅舊錫
	Tainan	歹銅舊錫
	Tainan (Anping)	歹銅舊錫
	Hsinchu	歹銅舊錫
	Kinmen	歹銅舊錫
	Penghu (Magong)	歹銅舊錫
	Penghu (Xiyu)	歹銅舊錫
Wu	Shanghai	破銅爛鐵, 廢銅爛鐵
	Hangzhou	廢銅爛鐵