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  taat3 taap3   jyutping
  ta1   pinyin
untidy; careless; slipshod


(1) Jyutping taap3 is standard reading, but the variant taat3 is much more popular.
(2) Used mainly in compound form 邋遢.
adjective
Stroke count: 14
Level: 3
Radical: (#162)

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

This word has been viewed 2922 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 14th May 2011 14:34

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detail  wu1 zou1 laat6 taat3  wu1 zao1 la1 ta1 = extremely filthy or dirty in appearance
detail  laat6 taat3  la1 ta1 = dirty; slovenly; sloppy
detail  laat6 taat3 maau1   = a mudskipper (lit., "sloppy cat")
detail  ciu1 kap1 laat6 taat3   = super dirty

Showing all 2 examples containing 遢
detail audio 污糟邋遢
Your face is very dirty.
detail 唔好老鼠佢哋污糟邋遢
Don't touch the rats, they're extremely dirty.
[You could also add in a 好 in this case (i.e. 佢哋好污糟邋遢) with no real difference in meaning.]

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: This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.  
: This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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