粵

鬆sung1手sau2

simp松手
sung1 sau2sōng shǒu

English

  1. to relinquish one's grip
  2. to loosen the criteria, (of marking or grading) not to mark down students' work; to give marks to students' work not so strictly in accordance with the regulations
  3. to loosen one's grip
  4. to let go

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 放寬評分標準,令考生容易攞分
  2. 將手握嘅力量減輕

Examples

  • 你捉實唔好鬆手,我而家嚟救你喇。

    Hold tight and don't loosen your grip! I'm coming to help you now!

  • 呢個改卷員俾分好鬆手,好易攞A㗎。

    The marker has a loose hand on marking papers and it's easy to score grade A.

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

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