擺爛

Chinese

		pendulum; to place; to display pendulum; to place; to display; to swing; to oscillate; to show; to move; to exhibit	rotten; decayed; well-cooked rotten; decayed; well-cooked; mushy; broken; bad; to decay; completely
trad. (擺爛)		擺	爛
simp. (摆烂)		摆	烂
Literally: “to let rot”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bǎilàn

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄌㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baai² laan⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bǎilàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄌㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bǎilàn
  - Wade–Giles: pai³-lan⁴
  - Yale: bǎi-làn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baelann
  - Palladius: байлань (bajlanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ län⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baai² laan⁶
  - Yale: báai laahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baai² laan⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bai² lan⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːi̯³⁵ laːn²²/

Verb

擺爛

(neologism, slang) to strive instead for shoddiness (especially when knowing that one cannot succeed)

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