"耍賴" meaning in Chinese

See 耍賴 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ʂu̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ laɪ̯⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /saː³⁵ laːi̯²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /sua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lai²²/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou], /sua⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lai⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Quanzhou], /ʂu̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ laɪ̯⁵¹/, /saː³⁵ laːi̯²²/, /sua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lai²²/, /sua⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lai⁴¹/ Chinese transliterations: shuǎlài [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄕㄨㄚˇ ㄌㄞˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], saa² laai⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], sóa-lāi, shuǎlài [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄕㄨㄚˇ ㄌㄞˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], shuǎlài [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], shua³-lai⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], shwǎ-lài [Mandarin, Yale, standard], shoalay [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], шуалай [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], šualaj [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], sá laaih [Cantonese, Yale], saa² laai⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], sa² lai⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], sóa-lāi [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], suá-lāi [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], soaflai [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun] Forms: 耍赖
Etymology templates: {{zh-l|撒賴}} 撒賴/撒赖 (sālài) Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 耍賴
  1. to act shamelessly and unreasonably; to be a rascal
    Sense id: en-耍賴-zh-verb-jVWkK8T3 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 60 40
  2. to deny; to not admit; to not acknowledge (responsibility, wrongdoing, a promise, etc.)
    Sense id: en-耍賴-zh-verb-XGl9CwQR Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 小皮 [Hokkien, Quanzhou], 撒賴 (sālài), 撒赖 (sālài), 耍無賴 (shuǎ wúlài), 耍无赖 (shuǎ wúlài), 耍賴皮 (shuǎ làipí), 耍赖皮 (shuǎ làipí), 起𡳞面 [Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 起挽面 [Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou-Hokkien], 起痟貓面 [Hokkien, Quanzhou], 起痟猫面 [Hokkien, Quanzhou]
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      "zh-pron": "sá laaih"
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      "zh-pron": "saa² laai⁶"
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      "zh-pron": "sa² lai⁶"
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        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
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      "zh-pron": "sóa-lāi"
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        "Tai-lo"
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      "zh-pron": "suá-lāi"
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        "Xiamen",
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      "ipa": "/saː³⁵ laːi̯²²/"
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      "word": "撒賴"
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      "roman": "sālài",
      "word": "撒赖"
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