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

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

bored to death; bored stiff; overcome with boredom

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 無著索／无着索

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