撿破爛

Chinese

		pick up; collect; gather	dilapidated; battered; tattered dilapidated; battered; tattered; ragged; useless junk; rubbish; waste
trad. (撿破爛)		撿	破爛
simp. (捡破烂)		捡	破烂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎn pòlàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄆㄛˋ ㄌㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎn pòlàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄆㄛˋ ㄌㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎn pòlàn
    • Wade–Giles: chien³ pʻo⁴-lan⁴
    • Yale: jyǎn pwò-làn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jean pohlann
    • Palladius: цзянь полань (czjanʹ polanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ län⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎnpòlànr
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄆㄛˋ ㄌㄢˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎnpòlànr
    • Wade–Giles: chien³-pʻo⁴-lan⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: jyǎn-pwò-lànr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeanpohlall
    • Palladius: цзяньполаньр (czjanʹpolanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ lɑɻ⁵¹/

Verb

撿破爛

1. to pick odds and ends from refuse heaps; to be a waste picker