粵

馬maa1虎fu1

simp马虎
maa1 fu1mǎ hu

English

  1. careless
  2. not paying attention
  3. careless (and hurried); neglectful; slapdash
  4. sloppy
  5. negligent
  6. skimpy

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 唔小心、隨便、唔緊張細節

Examples

  • 點解你做嘢咁馬虎㗎?

    How can you work so carelessly?

  • 佢好馬虎㗎,做嘢有頭冇尾。

    He is quite careless, never being able to finish what he started.

  • 我覺得極度唔舒服,諗住幕後佢哋可能會嘲笑我係一個粗心、馬虎或者自私嘅人。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 我从马来西亚来的妈妈觉得那三匹马马马虎虎。

    My mother from Malaysia thinks that those three horses are so-so.

    Tatoeba · GlossaMatik CC BY

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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