爛銅爛鐵

Chinese

		rotten; decayed; well-cooked rotten; decayed; well-cooked; mushy; broken; bad; to decay; completely	copper	rotten; decayed; well-cooked rotten; decayed; well-cooked; mushy; broken; bad; to decay; completely	iron
trad. (爛銅爛鐵)		爛	銅	爛	鐵
simp. (烂铜烂铁)		烂	铜	烂	铁

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): laan⁶ tung⁴ laan⁶ tit³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: laan⁶ tung⁴ laan⁶ tit³
    • Yale: laahn tùhng laahn tit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: laan⁶ tung⁴ laan⁶ tit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: lan⁶ tung⁴ lan⁶ tid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laːn²² tʰʊŋ²¹ laːn²² tʰiːt̚³/

Noun

爛銅爛鐵

1. (Cantonese, idiomatic) metal scrap; useless rusty metal objects

   • 我記得我們小時候聽到那些“收買佬”在街上大聲叫“收買爛銅爛鐵”，環保工業已從那時起提升到現時高增值及專業的層次。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     我记得我们小时候听到那些“收买佬”在街上大声叫“收买烂铜烂铁”，环保工业已从那时起提升到现时高增值及专业的层次。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2005 February 23, 立法會會議過程正式紀錄 (Official Record of Proceedings of the Legislative Council)

     ngo⁵ gei³ dak¹ ngo⁵ mun⁴ siu² si⁴ hau⁶ ting³ dou³ naa⁵ se¹ “sau¹ maai⁵ lou²” zoi⁶ gaai¹ soeng⁶ daai⁶ seng¹ giu³ “sau¹ maai⁵ laan⁶ tung⁴ laan⁶ tit³”, waan⁴ bou² gung¹ jip⁶ ji⁵ cung⁴ naa⁵ si⁴ hei² tai⁴ sing¹ dou³ jin⁶ si⁴ gou¹ zang¹ zik⁶ kap⁶ zyun¹ jip⁶ dik¹ cang⁴ ci³. [Jyutping]

     I remember that when we were small, we could hear "scrap dealers" shouting on the street to collect waste copper and iron. The environment protection industry has since advanced to the current phase of high value-added and professional.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 廢銅爛鐵 (“metal scrap”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		廢銅爛鐵, 破銅爛鐵
Mandarin	Taiwan	破銅爛鐵
	Luoyang	破銅爛鐵
Cantonese	Guangzhou	爛銅爛鐵
	Hong Kong	爛銅爛鐵
Gan	Nanchang	破銅爛鐵
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	破銅爛鐵
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	壞銅壞鐵
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	壞銅壞鐵
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	破銅壞鐵
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	壞銅壞鐵
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	壞銅鐵
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	壞銅壞鐵, 壞銅舊錫
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	壞銅壞鐵
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	壞銅壞鐵
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	壞銅壞鐵
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	壞銅壞鐵
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	壞銅壞鐵
Southern Min	Xiamen	歹銅舊錫, 臭銅爛鐵
	Zhao'an	破銅爛鐵
	Taipei	歹銅舊錫
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	歹銅舊錫
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	歹銅舊錫
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	歹銅舊錫
	Kaohsiung	歹銅舊錫
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	歹銅舊錫
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	歹銅舊錫
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	歹銅舊錫
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	歹銅舊錫
	Yilan	歹銅舊錫
	Yilan (Luodong)	歹銅舊錫
	Yilan (Toucheng)	歹銅舊錫
	Changhua (Lukang)	歹銅舊錫
	Changhua (Yongjing)	歹銅害鐵, 歹銅舊錫
	Taichung	歹銅舊錫
	Tainan	歹銅舊錫
	Tainan (Anping)	歹銅舊錫
	Hsinchu	歹銅舊錫
	Kinmen	歹銅舊錫
	Penghu (Magong)	歹銅舊錫
	Penghu (Xiyu)	歹銅舊錫
Wu	Shanghai	破銅爛鐵, 廢銅爛鐵
	Hangzhou	廢銅爛鐵