濫 (laam6 laam5 | lan4) : flood; excessively; trite

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濫

laam6 laam5

lan4

[1] [v] flood; overflow; inundate
[2] [adv] excessively; indiscriminately
[3] [adj] trite; hackneyed; unrealistic

Jyutping laam6 is the standard reading, used mostly in idioms and literary context; laam5 is the variant reading, used mostly as an adverb. Please refer to [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk]

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 17

Level: 3

Radical: 水 (#85)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

濫 / 滥

This word has been viewed 1 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 13th Jul 2013 01:59

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陳詞濫調 can4 ci4 laam6 diu6 chen2 ci2 lan4 diao4 = cliché; commonplace; truism; stereotype

濫用 laam6 jung6 lan4 yong4 = abuse; misuse

粗製濫造 cou1 zai3 laam5 zou6 cu1 zhi4 lan4 zao4 = shoddily made; cheap in make

濫藥 laam6 joek6 = drug abuse

泛濫 faan6 laam6 fan4 lan4 = overflow; inundate

汎濫 faan3 laam6 fan4 lan4 = to flood, spill over the banks; to spread without restriction

物質濫用 mat6 zat1 laam6 jung6 wu4 zhi4 lan4 yong4 = substance abuse

藥物濫用 joek6 mat6 laam6 jung6 yao4 wu4 lan4 yong4 = drug abuse

濫情 laam6 cing4 lan4 qing2 = sappiness (love in excess)

濫發電郵 laam6 faat3 din6 jau4 lan4 fa1 dian4 you2 = unsolicited commercial e-mail messages, spam, junk mail

濫交 laam6 gaau1 lan4 jiao1 = 1. imprudent in one's choice of friends 2. engage in promiscuous relations

濫用職權 laam5 jung6 zik1 kyun4 lan4 yong4 zhi2 quan2 = abuse one's power

陳腔濫調 can4 hong1 laam6 diu6 chen2 qiang1 lan4 diao4 = cliches; hackneyed phrases; stale words

濫殺無辜 laam6 saat3 mou4 gu1 lan4 sha1 wu2 gu1 = to kill innocent people at random

濫竽充數 laam6 jyu4 cung1 sou3 lan4 yu2 chong1 shu4 = contribute nothing but being undetected because of others

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