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狼狽

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狼狽

  • lángbèi Mandarin, Pinyin
  • ㄌㄤˊ ㄅㄟˋ Mandarin, Bopomofo
  • long⁴ bui³ Cantonese, Jyutping
  • lòng-pi Hakka, Sixian, Phak fa su
  • liông-pōe Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • lông-pōe Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • lángbèi Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄌㄤˊ ㄅㄟˋ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • lángbèi Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
  • lang²-pei⁴ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
  • láng-bèi Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
  • langbey Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
  • ланбэй Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
  • /lɑŋ³⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
  • long⁴ bui³ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • lòhng bui Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • /lɔːŋ²¹ puːi̯³³/ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • lòng-pi Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli
  • long^ˇ bi Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli
  • long² bi⁴ Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli
  • /loŋ¹¹ pi⁵⁵/ Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli
  • liông-pōe Min Nan, Hokkien, Quanzhou
  • liông-puē Min Nan, Hokkien, Quanzhou
  • liongpoe Min Nan, Hokkien, Quanzhou
  • /li̯ɔŋ²⁴⁻²² pu̯e²²/ Min Nan, Hokkien, Quanzhou
  • /li̯ɔŋ²⁴⁻²² pu̯e⁴¹/ Min Nan, Hokkien, Quanzhou
  • /li̯ɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ pu̯e³³/ Min Nan, Hokkien, Quanzhou

Where it comes from

來自上古漢語象聲詞 /*raːd(s) paːd(s) ~ *raːŋ paːd(s)/（鄭張），原先用來描述瘸腿或被絆倒的步態。

根據民間傳說（如唐代《酉陽雜俎》），狽／狈是一種像狼的動物，前腿很短而後退很長，需要趴在狼背上走路，所以這兩種動物常常一起狩獵。這個說法指向的是“互相勾結”這一義項。

adjective 狼狈

  1. 處境尷尬困窘
  2. 疲憊，筋疲力盡
  3. 邋遢，不整潔
  4. literary 破敝不整
  5. Min Nan 窮困潦倒、落魄 嘸通大漢像恁老爸-仔彼呢啊狼狽喔。

Similar: 難堪, 难堪, 為難, 为难

adverb 狼狈

  1. literary 急忙，趕緊

noun 狼狈

  1. archaic 仅按字面意思，并无比喻或俗语义；参见狼 (láng)、狽／狈。
  2. archaic 惡人，壞人

verb 狼狈

  1. 相互勾結
  2. literary 協力，配合
  3. literary 竭力，盡力

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adjective

Similar: 難堪, 难堪, 為難, 为难

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {狼狽},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E7%8B%BC%E7%8B%BD},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}