粵

揦laa5鮓zaa2

simp揦鲊
laa5 zaa2laa2 zaa2lá zhǎ

English

  1. dirty (unclean, especially in the context of 'dirty tricks')
  2. dirty; not clean; unhygienic
  3. lacking planning or organisation in doing things
  4. (of means to achieve something) dirty; filthy; despicable

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 唔乾淨;唔衞生
  2. 做嘢欠缺章法
  3. 形容用唔道德、唔光明正大嘅方法去達到目標

Examples

  • 呢間餐廳好揦鮓,勁多曱甴。

    This restaurant is very dirty. There are many cockroaches. ----

  • 佢用揦鮓手段先上到呢個位。

    He got this position through despicable means.

  • 你做嘢咁揦鮓,搞到人哋好多手尾跟㗎。

    You work in such an unorganized way that your colleagues have to clean up your mess. ----

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

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