潦草

Chinese

		flooded; heavy rain	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (潦草)		潦	草
simp. #(潦草)		潦	草

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liáocǎo, liǎocǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄘㄠˇ, ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄘㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): liu⁴ cou², liu^4-2 cou²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): liáu-chhó / ló-chhó / láu-chhó

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lo² co²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liáocǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liáocǎo
    • Wade–Giles: liao²-tsʻao³
    • Yale: lyáu-tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liautsao
    • Palladius: ляоцао (ljaocao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liǎocǎo [Phonetic: liáocǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liǎocǎo
    • Wade–Giles: liao³-tsʻao³
    • Yale: lyǎu-tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leautsao
    • Palladius: ляоцао (ljaocao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: liu⁴ cou², liu^4-2 cou²
    • Yale: lìuh chóu, líu chóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: liu⁴ tsou², liu^4-2 tsou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: liu⁴ cou², liu^4-2 cou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːu̯²¹ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/, /liːu̯²¹⁻³⁵ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liáu-chhó
    • Tâi-lô: liáu-tshó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liawzhoir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰo⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /liau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰo⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló-chhó
    • Tâi-lô: ló-tshó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loyzhoir
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰɤ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰo⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: láu-chhó
    • Tâi-lô: láu-tshó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lawzhoir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰo⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰo⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lo² co²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ló tshó
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lo⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰo⁵²⁻²¹/

Adjective

潦草

1. (of handwriting) hasty and careless; illegible
2. sloppy; slovenly

Synonyms

• (sloppy):

• 大意 (dàyì)
• 容易 (literary)
• 投五投六 (⁶deu-ng-deu-loq) (Shanghainese)
• 揦西 (laa² sai¹) (Cantonese)
• 毛糙 (máocāo)
• 泡毛 (pao⁴ mao²) (Sichuanese)
• 疏忽
• 簡單／简单 (jiǎndān)
• 粗心 (cūxīn)
• 邋糊 (la³ fu²) (Xiang)
• 馬虎／马虎

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “hasty and careless”): 工整 (gōngzhěng)

Noun

潦草

1. (Cantonese, chiefly for English letters) cursive handwriting; cursive letters

Antonyms

• 正階／正阶 (zing³ gaai¹)