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
(Pinyin): lànwěi

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄢˋ ㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): laan⁶ mei⁵

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⁾/
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/

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.)

Derived terms

爛尾樓／烂尾楼 (lànwěilóu)

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