爛尾
Chinese
rotten; decayed; well-cooked rotten; decayed; well-cooked; mushy; broken; bad; to decay; completely |
tail | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (爛尾) | 爛 | 尾 | |
| simp. (烂尾) | 烂 | 尾 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: lànwěi
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄢˋ ㄨㄟˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: lànwěi
- Wade–Giles: lan4-wei3
- Yale: làn-wěi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lannwoei
- Palladius: ланьвэй (lanʹvɛj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /län⁵¹ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: laan6 mei5
- Yale: laahn méih
- Cantonese Pinyin: laan6 mei5
- Guangdong Romanization: lan6 méi5
- Sinological IPA (key): /laːn²² mei̯¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
爛尾
- (of a project, etc.) to be unable to be completed (due to rashness in decision making, shortage in money, poor management, etc.)