粵

造zou6作zok3

zou6 zok3zào zuozào zuò

English

  1. affected
  2. affected; pretentious
  3. artificial
  4. to make
  5. to manufacture
  6. (of behaviour, facial expression, tone, manner, etc) affected; artificial, unnatural; mimic

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. (行為、表情、聲調、舉止等)假;生硬;唔自然

Examples

  • 呢齣話劇嘅女主角動作表情都太造作,唔夠自然。

    The gestures and facial expressions of the leading actress in this drama are too artificial. They're not natural enough.

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

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