爛尾

爛尾

Chinese

		rotten, spoiled, decayed; well-cooked, overcooked, soft, mushy; broken, fragmented, shattered rotten, spoiled, decayed; well-cooked, overcooked, soft, mushy; broken, fragmented, shattered; low-quality, poor, lousy; to rot, decay, decompose, spoil; completely	tail
trad. (爛尾)		爛	尾
simp. (烂尾)		烂	尾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lànwěi

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄢˋ ㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laan⁶ mei⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: lànwěi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄢˋ ㄨㄟˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lannwoei
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lànwěi
    • IPA ^(key): /län⁵¹ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: laan⁶ mei⁵
    • Yale: laahn méih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laan⁶ mei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lan⁶ méi⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /läːn²² mei̯¹³/

Verb

爛尾

1. (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)