# 爛銅爛鐵
## Chinese

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

### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): laan$^6$ tung$^4$ laan$^6$ tit$^3$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: laan$^6$ tung$^4$ laan$^6$ tit$^3$
*** Yale: laahn tùhng laahn tit
*** Cantonese Pinyin: laan$^6$ tung$^4$ laan$^6$ tit$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: lan$^6$ tung$^4$ lan$^6$ tid$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /laːn²² tʰʊŋ²¹ laːn²² tʰiːt̚³/

### Noun

爛銅爛鐵
* (Cantonese, idiomatic) metal scrap; useless rusty metal objects
    From: 2005 February 23, 立法會會議過程正式紀錄 (Official Record of Proceedings of the Legislative Council)
    ngo$^5$ gei$^3$ dak$^1$ ngo$^5$ mun$^4$ siu$^2$ si$^4$ hau$^6$ ting$^3$ dou$^3$ naa$^5$ se$^1$ “sau$^1$ maai$^5$ lou$^2$” zoi$^6$ gaai$^1$ soeng$^6$ daai$^6$ seng$^1$ giu$^3$ “sau$^1$ maai$^5$ laan$^6$ tung$^4$ laan$^6$ tit$^3$”, waan$^4$ bou$^2$ gung$^1$ jip$^6$ ji$^5$ cung$^4$ naa$^5$ si$^4$ hei$^2$ tai$^4$ sing$^1$ dou$^3$ jin$^6$ si$^4$ gou$^1$ zang$^1$ zik$^6$ kap$^6$ zyun$^1$ jip$^6$ dik$^1$ cang$^4$ ci$^3$. [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

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