膿包

Chinese

		pus	to cover; to wrap; to hold to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; package; wrapper; container; bag; to hold or embrace; bundle; packet; to contract (to or for)
trad. (膿包)		膿	包
simp. (脓包)		脓	包

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): nóngbāo

(Zhuyin): ㄋㄨㄥˊ ㄅㄠ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): nong² bao¹

(Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): lónbào
Cantonese (Jyutping): nung⁴ baau¹
Jin (Wiktionary): neng¹ bau¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: nóngbāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄨㄥˊ ㄅㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: nóngbao
  - Wade–Giles: nung²-pao¹
  - Yale: núng-bāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nongbau
  - Palladius: нунбао (nunbao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nʊŋ³⁵ pɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: nong² bao¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: lungbao
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /noŋ²¹ pau⁵⁵/
- (Nanjing)
  - Nanjing Pinyin: lónbào
  - Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): lon² bao¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /loŋ²⁴ pɔ³¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: nung⁴ baau¹
  - Yale: nùhng bāau
  - Cantonese Pinyin: nung⁴ baau¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: nung⁴ bao¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nʊŋ²¹ paːu̯⁵⁵/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: neng¹ bau¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /nəŋ¹¹ pau¹¹/

Noun

膿包

(medicine) pustule
(figurative, colloquial) good-for-nothing

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 廢物 (“incompetent person; useless individual; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		廢物
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	窩囊廢, 廢物點心
	Harbin	窩囊廢, 廢物點心, 膿包, 飯桶, 熊貨, 熊蛋, 熊包, 熊蛋包, 熊屄, 熊包軟蛋, 癟子
	Singapore	飯桶
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	窩囊廢, 膿包, 飯桶
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	飯桶, 熊蛋, 熊蛋包, 熊人, 熊的, 熊大堆兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	㞞包, 窩囊廢, 騾子球, 飯桶, 草包
	Wanrong	膿包, 㞞包, 草包
	Xi'an	窩囊廢, 肉頭, 廢物, 飯桶
	Xining	飯桶
	Xuzhou	儾惇, 儾, 窩囊廢
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	窩囊廢, 肉頭, 飯桶
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	窩囊廢, 囊㞞, 㞞包, 乏㞞, 囊包, 飯桶
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	膿包, 飯桶
	Wuhan	飯桶, 齋貨, 齋行頭, 㞞頭, 齋公, 齋雞子, 齋脈子
	Guiyang	飯桶, 草包
	Liuzhou	膿包, 飯桶
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	膿包, 膿包鬼, 飯桶
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	廢料, 飯桶
Cantonese	Guangzhou	大泡和, 廢物
	Hong Kong	廢柴, 廢拉, 廢拉柴, 廢J
	Dongguan	廢忽丁
Gan	Pingxiang	膿包, 飯桶
Hakka	Meixian	蠢貨, 廢人仔, 阿婆官 humorous
	Yudu	膿包
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	飯桶
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	飯桶
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	飯桶
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	飯桶
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	飯桶
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	飯桶
Huizhou	Jixi	飯桶
Jin	Taiyuan	苶毬, 窩囊廢, 廢物, 膿包
Jin	Xinzhou	㞞漢, 膿包, 菜包子, 菜貨
Northern Min	Jian'ou	飯桶
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	飯桶, 廢人, 草包
Southern Min	Xiamen	飯桶, 飯桶仙, 軟母, 草包
	Quanzhou	飯桶, 飯桶仙, 草包
	Zhangzhou	飯桶, 飯桶仙, 軟母, 統雞, 草包
	Tainan	飯桶, 落屎馬
	Singapore (Hokkien)	飯桶
	Shantou	無頂用
	Leizhou	飯桶
	Haikou	飯桶, 草包
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	飯桶, 草包
Wu	Shanghai	飯桶, 草包
	Shanghai (Chongming)	飯桶
	Suzhou	飯桶, 草包
	Danyang	膿包, 飯桶, 草包
	Hangzhou	飯桶, 草包
	Ningbo	飯桶, 草包
	Wenzhou	飯桶
	Jinhua	拖病人, 㞞人, 飯桶
Xiang	Changsha	尿泡, 草袋子, 草寶, 飯桶, 草包
Xiang	Loudi	飯桶

Adjective

膿包

(Jinan, Liuzhou and Nanjing Mandarin) useless; of no use

Synonyms

無用／无用 (wúyòng)