濫用

See also: 滥用

Chinese

		excessive; indiscriminate	to use
trad. (濫用)		濫	用
simp. (滥用)		滥	用

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lànyòng

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄢˋ ㄩㄥˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): laam⁶ jung⁶ / laam⁵ jung⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): lām-iōng

(Teochew, Peng'im): lam⁷ êng⁷

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lànyòng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄢˋ ㄩㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lànyòng
  - Wade–Giles: lan⁴-yung⁴
  - Yale: làn-yùng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lannyonq
  - Palladius: ланьюн (lanʹjun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /län⁵¹⁻⁵³ jʊŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: laam⁶ jung⁶ / laam⁵ jung⁶
  - Yale: laahm yuhng / láahm yuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: laam⁶ jung⁶ / laam⁵ jung⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: lam⁶ yung⁶ / lam⁵ yung⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːm²² jʊŋ²²/, /laːm¹³ jʊŋ²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lām-iōng
  - Tâi-lô: lām-iōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: laxm'iong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lam²²⁻²¹ iɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lam⁴¹⁻²² iɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lam²²⁻²¹ iɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lam³³⁻¹¹ iɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lam³³⁻²¹ iɔŋ³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: lam⁷ êng⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lām ēng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lam¹¹ eŋ¹¹/

Verb

濫用

to abuse; to misuse
濫用權力／滥用权力 ― lànyòng quánlì ― to abuse one's power

濫用職權／滥用职权 ― lànyòng zhíquán ― to abuse one's authority

Synonyms

亂用／乱用 (luànyòng)
誤用／误用 (wùyòng)

Derived terms

濫用藥物 / 滥用药物 (lànyòng yàowù)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
濫	用
らん Grade: S	よう Grade: 2
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 濫用 – see the following entry.

【乱用らんよう】

[noun] misuse, abuse

[noun] overuse

[verb] to misuse, to abuse

[verb] to overuse

(This term, 濫用, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
濫	用

Noun

濫用 • (namyong) (hangeul 남용)

hanja form^? of 남용 (“abuse”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
濫	用

Verb

濫用

chữ Hán form of lạm dụng (“to abuse”)