百無聊賴

Chinese

		hundred	not have	to rely on something; to suffer tedium
trad. (百無聊賴)		百	無	聊賴
simp. (百无聊赖)		百	无	聊赖
Literally: “bored 100 times over”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎiwúliáolài

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄌㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ mou⁴ liu⁴ laai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎiwúliáolài
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄨˊ ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄌㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎiwúliáolài
    • Wade–Giles: pai³-wu²-liao²-lai⁴
    • Yale: bǎi-wú-lyáu-lài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baewuliaulay
    • Palladius: байуляолай (bajuljaolaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ u³⁵ li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ laɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: baak³ mou⁴ liu⁴ laai⁶
    • Yale: baak mòuh lìuh laaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ mou⁴ liu⁴ laai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag³ mou⁴ liu⁴ lai⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚³ mou̯²¹ liːu̯²¹ laːi̯²²/

Idiom

百無聊賴

1. bored to death; bored stiff; overcome with boredom

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 無著索／无着索