無彩

Chinese

		not have	(bright) colour; variety; applause (bright) colour; variety; applause; applaud; (lottery) prize
trad. (無彩)		無	彩
simp. (无彩)		无	彩
alternative forms		無采

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bô-chhái

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-chhái
  - Tâi-lô: bô-tshái
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boizhae
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bo²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰai⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bo¹³⁻²² t͡sʰai⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰai⁴¹/
  - IPA (Singapore): /bo²⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰai⁴²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bo²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰai⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰai⁵³/

Adjective

無彩

(Southern Min) regrettable; too bad; a pity; a shame

Synonyms

可惜 (kěxī)
(Hokkien) 拍損／拍损, 仄挩／仄捝

Verb

無彩

(Southern Min) to waste (time, energy, effort, etc.)

Synonyms

加了 (Hokkien, chiefly money)
干了 (Hokkien, chiefly money)
抖落 (dǒuluò)
折騰／折腾 (zhēteng) (colloquial)
拋荒／抛荒 (pāohuāng)
揮霍／挥霍 (huīhuò)
曠廢／旷废 (kuàngfèi)
枉費／枉费 (wǎngfèi)
浪費／浪费 (làngfèi)
白了 (Hokkien)
白白了 (Hokkien)
白費／白费 (báifèi)
空費／空费 (kōngfèi)
糟蹋 (zāotà)
耽誤／耽误 (chiefly time)
荒廢／荒废 (huāngfèi)
虛耗／虚耗 (xūhào)
靡費／靡费 (mífèi) (formal)

Derived terms

無彩工／无彩工

Adverb

無彩

(Southern Min) in vain; to no purpose; for nothing

Synonyms

徒然 (túrán)
枉然 (wǎngrán)

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