粵

潦liu2草cou2

liu2 cou2liáo cǎo

English

  1. slipshod; careless; slovenly
  2. (noun) Kind of writing
  3. (of handwriting) scrawly; illegible
  4. illegible; messy (handwriting)
  5. cursive handwriting (for latin scripts)

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 形容一個人寫字嘅字體好唔工整
  2. 用手書寫嘅字體,為左寫快啲,筆畫變得簡單或者連寫

Examples

  • 佢寫嘅字太潦草,我睇唔明。

    His handwriting is too messy. I can't read it.

  • 我小學嗰時一定要學英文潦草。

    When I was in primary school, we had to learn to write in cursive.

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

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