粵

揸zaa1流lau4灘taan1

zaa1 lau4 taan1zhā liú tāninferred

English

  1. being careless; lazy; irresponsible in doing a job

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 馬虎、敷衍噉做嘢

Examples

  • 出千、出術;原本指番攤莊家揸攤(抓攤)果陣出千、出術,現已較少咁用(抓攤即攞出攤子嘅動作,國語「抓」近粵音「揸」,揸攤亦有揸fit 之意;流即係假)

    to cheat; originally, it referred to the host of "fan-tan" (a gambling game) playing tricks in the process of gripping buttons; this meaning is obsolete now

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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