吊兒郎當

Chinese

	to hang; to suspend	son; child; diminutive suffix	too large; baggy; abject too large; baggy; abject; down and out; wretched
trad. (吊兒郎當/弔兒郎當)	吊/弔	兒	郎當
simp. (吊儿郎当)	吊	儿	郎当
alternative forms	吊兒浪蕩／吊儿浪荡吊兒浪當／吊儿浪当吊兒啷噹／吊儿啷当屌兒啷噹／屌儿啷当

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): diào'erlángdāng, diàorlángdāng, diǎo'erlāngdāng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠˋ ˙ㄦㄌㄤˊ ㄉㄤ, ㄉㄧㄠˋㄦㄌㄤˊ ㄉㄤ, ㄉㄧㄠˇ ˙ㄦㄌㄤㄉㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): diu³ ji⁴ long⁴ dong¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: diào'erlángdāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠˋ ˙ㄦㄌㄤˊ ㄉㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: diào-e̊rlángdang
  - Wade–Giles: tiao⁴-êrh⁵-lang²-tang¹
  - Yale: dyàu-er-láng-dāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diaw.ellangdang
  - Palladius: дяоэрландан (djaoerlandan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ ˀɤɻ¹ lɑŋ³⁵ tɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: diàorlángdāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠˋㄦㄌㄤˊ ㄉㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: diàorlángdang
  - Wade–Giles: tiao⁴-ʼrh-lang²-tang¹
  - Yale: dyàur-láng-dāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diawllangdang
  - Palladius: дяорландан (djaorlandan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯aʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹ lɑŋ³⁵ tɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Beijing dialect)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: diǎo'erlāngdāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠˇ ˙ㄦㄌㄤㄉㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: diǎo-e̊rlangdang
  - Wade–Giles: tiao³-êrh⁵-lang¹-tang¹
  - Yale: dyǎu-er-lāng-dāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: deau.ellhangdang
  - Palladius: дяоэрландан (djaoerlandan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴ ˀɤɻ⁴ lɑŋ⁵⁵ tɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: diu³ ji⁴ long⁴ dong¹
  - Yale: diu yìh lòhng dōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: diu³ ji⁴ long⁴ dong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: diu³ yi⁴ long⁴ dong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːu̯³³ jiː²¹ lɔːŋ²¹ tɔːŋ⁵⁵/

Adjective

吊兒郎當

(colloquial) sloppy; slapdash; lackadaisical; careless; half-assed

Synonyms

(Xiang) 呀呀唔