# 破銅爛鐵
## Chinese

| | | to break; to split; brokento break; to split; broken; damaged; worn out | copper | rotten; decayed; well-cookedrotten; decayed; well-cooked; mushy; broken; bad; to decay; completely | iron |
| trad. (破銅爛鐵) | trad. (破銅爛鐵) | 破 | 銅 | 爛 | 鐵 |
| simp. (破铜烂铁) | simp. (破铜烂铁) | 破 | 铜 | 烂 | 铁 |
| Literally: “broken copper and broken iron”. ||||||

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): pòtónglàntiě
    (Zhuyin): ㄆㄛˋ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄝˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): po$^3$ tung$^4$ laan$^6$ tit$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pho-thùng-lan-thiet
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$phu-don-le-thiq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: pòtónglàntiě
*** Zhuyin: ㄆㄛˋ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄌㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄝˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: pòtónglàntiě
*** Wade–Giles: pʻo$^4$-tʻung$^2$-lan$^4$-tʻieh$^3$
*** Yale: pwò-túng-làn-tyě
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pohtornglanntiee
*** Palladius: потунланьте (potunlanʹte)
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰu̯ɔ⁵¹ tʰʊŋ³⁵ län⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: po$^3$ tung$^4$ laan$^6$ tit$^3$
*** Yale: po tùhng laahn tit
*** Cantonese Pinyin: po$^3$ tung$^4$ laan$^6$ tit$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: po$^3$ tung$^4$ lan$^6$ tid$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɔː³³ tʰʊŋ²¹ laːn²² tʰiːt̚³/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pho-thùng-lan-thiet
*** Hakka Romanization System: po tung$^ˇ$ lan tied$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: po$^4$ tung$^2$ lan$^4$ tiad$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /pʰo⁵⁵ tʰuŋ¹¹ lan⁵⁵ tʰi̯et̚²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$phu-don-le-thiq
*** MiniDict: phu$^去$ don le thih
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$phu-don-le-thiq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pʰu³³ doŋ⁵⁵ le³³ tʰiɪʔ²¹/

### Noun

破銅爛鐵
* (literal) metal scrap; useless rusty metal objects
* (idiomatic, by extension) anything that is broken and useless; junk
       Kuài bǎ zhè duī pòtónglàntiě ná chūqù chǔlǐ diào. [Pinyin]
       Quickly take this pile of junk out to be disposed of.

#### 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 |