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

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

(of handwriting) hasty and careless; illegible
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

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

Antonyms

正階／正阶 (zing³ gaai¹)

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