耍無賴

Chinese

		play with; to juggle	not have	disclaim; rely; to blame
trad. (耍無賴)		耍	無	賴
simp. (耍无赖)		耍	无	赖

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǎ wúlài

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄚˇ ㄨˊ ㄌㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saa² mou⁴ laai²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǎ wúlài
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄚˇ ㄨˊ ㄌㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuǎ wúlài
    • Wade–Giles: shua³ wu²-lai⁴
    • Yale: shwǎ wú-lài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoa wulay
    • Palladius: шуа улай (šua ulaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ laɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saa² mou⁴ laai²
    • Yale: sá mòuh láai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saa² mou⁴ laai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sa² mou⁴ lai²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saː³⁵ mou̯²¹ laːi̯³⁵/

Verb

耍無賴

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

Synonyms

• 小皮 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 撒賴／撒赖 (sālài)
• 耍賴／耍赖 (shuǎlài)
• 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)