無賴

See also: 无赖 and 無頼

Chinese

not have disclaim; rely; to blame
trad. (無賴) 無 賴
simp. (无赖) 无 赖

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 無 賴
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 虞 (24) 泰 (25)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) III I
Fanqie 武夫切 落蓋切
Baxter mju lajH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/mɨo/ /lɑiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/mio/ /lɑiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/mio/ /lɑiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/muə̆/ /lajH/
Li
Rong
/mio/ /lɑiH/
Wang
Li
/mĭu/ /lɑiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mi̯u/ /lɑiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
wú lài
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mou4 laai6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 無 無 無 賴
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
wú wú wú lài
Middle
Chinese
‹ mju › ‹ mju › ‹ mju › ‹ lajH ›
Old
Chinese
/*ma/ /*ma/ /*mo/ /*rˁa[t]-s/
English not have volitional prefix don’t depend on

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 無 賴
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 13117 7631
Phonetic
component
無 賴
Rime
group
魚 祭
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
無 賴
Old
Chinese
/*ma/ /*raːds/
Notes 本從剌聲

Adjective

無賴

  1. unscrupulous; dishonourable
  2. rude and unreasonable
  3. (literary) bored

Synonyms

Noun

無賴

  1. lowlife; scumbag; scoundrel

Synonyms

Derived terms

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