貧惰

See also: 贫惰

Chinese

	poor	lazy
trad. (貧惰)	貧	惰
simp. (贫惰)	贫	惰
alternative forms	貧憻／贫憻貧憚／贫惮貧段／贫段憑單／凭单憑憚／凭惮貧憻／贫憻貧憚／贫惮貧段／贫段憑單／凭单憑憚／凭惮憑段／凭段辦段／办段笨段平坦怠惰屏段貧彈／贫弹貧單／贫单憑彈／凭弹凴憚／凭惮份段办單

Pronunciation

Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): beng² dyor⁵ / bing² dia⁵ / beng² doe⁵ / beng² diann⁵
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pîn-tōaⁿ / pîn-tǒaⁿ / pân-tōaⁿ / pân-tǒaⁿ / pûn-tōaⁿ / pān-tōaⁿ

Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: beng² dyor⁵ [Phonetic: beng⁴ nyor⁵]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛŋ¹³⁻⁴² ^(t-)nyɒ¹¹/
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: bing² dia⁵ [Phonetic: bing⁴ nia⁵]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ¹³⁻⁴² ^(t-)nia¹¹/
- (Jiangkou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: beng² doe⁵ [Phonetic: beng⁴ noe⁵]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛŋ¹³⁻⁴² ^(t-)nœ¹¹/
- (Nanri)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: bing² dia⁵ [Phonetic: bing⁴ nia⁵]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ¹³⁻⁴² ^(t-)nia¹¹/
- (Xianyou, Youyang, Fengting)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: beng² diann⁵ [Phonetic: beng⁴ nia⁵]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛŋ²⁴⁻⁴² ^(t-)nia²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Sanxia, Yilan, Kinmen, Hsinchu, Taichung, Medan, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pîn-tōaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: pîn-tuānn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pindvoa
  - IPA (Singapore): /pin²⁴⁻²¹ tuã²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pin²⁴⁻¹¹ tuã³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /pin¹³⁻²² tuã²²/
  - IPA (Kinmen): /pin²⁴⁻¹² tuã²²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pin²⁴⁻²² tuã²²/
  - IPA (Yilan): /pin²⁴⁻³³ tuã³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pîn-tǒaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: pîn-tuǎnn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pin²⁴⁻²² tuã²²/
  - IPA (Lukang, Philippines): /pin²⁴⁻²² tuã³³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Yilan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pân-tōaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: pân-tuānn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pandvoa
  - IPA (Yilan): /pan²⁴⁻³³ tuã³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pan²³⁻³³ tuã³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pân-tǒaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: pân-tuǎnn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pan²⁴⁻²² tuã²²/
  - IPA (Lukang): /pan²⁴⁻²² tuã³³/
- (Hokkien: Tainan, Magong, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pûn-tōaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: pûn-tuānn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pundvoa
  - IPA (Penang): /pun²³⁻²¹ tuã²¹/
  - IPA (Tainan): /pun²⁴⁻³³ tuã³³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pān-tōaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: pān-tuānn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: paxndvoa
  - IPA (Taipei): /pan³³⁻¹¹ tuã³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pan³³⁻²¹ tuã³³/

Adjective

貧惰

(Hokkien) lazy

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 懶惰 (“lazy”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		懶, 惰, 懈, 怠
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		懶惰
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	懶
	Taiwan	懶
	Singapore	懶, 懶惰
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	懶
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	懶
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	懶
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	懶
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	懶
Jianghuai Mandarin	Hefei	懶
Cantonese	Guangzhou	懶, 蛇
	Hong Kong	懶, 蛇
	Taishan	懶
	Yangjiang	懶
	Singapore (Guangfu)	懶
Gan	Nanchang	懶
Hakka	Meixian	懶, 懶屍
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	懶屍
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	懶屍
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	懶屍
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	懶屍
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	懶屍
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	懶屍
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	懶屍
Jin	Taiyuan	懶
Northern Min	Jian'ou	惰
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	懶, 懶屍, 懶漢, 二婿
Southern Min	Xiamen	貧惰, 臭惰, 懶屍, 荏懶, 懶賤, 漚肉, 屎礐蟲
	Quanzhou	貧惰, 臭惰, 荏懶, 臭肉, 漚肉
	Zhangzhou	貧惰, 臭惰, 懶屍, 荏懶, 想死, 懶賤, 漚肉
	Taipei	荏懶, 貧惰, 懶屍
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	荏懶, 貧惰, 懶屍
	Kaohsiung	荏懶, 貧惰, 懶屍
	Yilan	荏懶, 貧惰, 懶屍
	Changhua (Lukang)	貧惰
	Taichung	貧惰
	Tainan	荏懶, 貧惰, 懶屍
	Hsinchu	貧惰
	Kinmen	貧惰
	Penghu (Magong)	貧惰
	Penang (Hokkien)	荏懶, 貧惰
	Singapore (Hokkien)	荏懶, 貧惰
	Manila (Hokkien)	貧惰, 荏懶, 臭惰, 臭骨
	Chaozhou	惰
	Shantou	惰
	Jieyang	惰
	Singapore (Teochew)	惰
	Leizhou	惰
	Haikou	惰
Wu	Shanghai	懶
	Shanghai (Chongming)	懶撲
	Suzhou	懶, 懶怕
	Wenzhou	懶
Xiang	Changsha	懶
Xiang	Shuangfeng	懶

Verb

貧惰

(Puxian Min) to not want (to do something); not going to; will not
今旦感冒，我貧惰去讀書。 [Puxian Min, trad.]
今旦感冒，我贫惰去读书。 [Puxian Min, simp.]
ging¹ dua⁴ gang³ bor⁵, guah³ beng² dyor⁵ ky⁴ tah⁷ zy¹. [Pouseng Ping'ing]
I have a cold today and I don't want to go to school.

我貧惰去，甚儂去？ [Puxian Min, trad.]
我贫惰去，甚侬去？ [Puxian Min, simp.]
guah³ beng² dyor⁵ ky⁴ sing⁵ nang² ky⁴? [Pouseng Ping'ing]
If I don't go, who will? (implying that one must go)

References

台灣話大詞典　(Tâi-ôan-ōe tōa-sû-tián), Taipei, Yuanliu Publishers, 2002 →ISBN
台語-華語線頂辭典 (Tâi-gí Hôa-gí sòaⁿ-téng sû-tián) On-line Southern Min-Mandarin dictionary (Traditional Chinese)
“貧惰”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN.