邋 (laat6 laap6 | la1) : rags

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邋

laat6 laap6

la1

rags

(1) Jyutping laap6 is standard reading, but the variant laat6 is much more popular.
(2) Used mainly in compound form 邋遢.

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 19

Level: 3

Radical: (#162)

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

邋

This word has been viewed 3014 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 14th May 2011 14:33

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污糟邋遢 wu1 zou1 laat6 taat3 wu1 zao1 la1 ta1 = extremely filthy or dirty in appearance 粵

邋遢 laat6 taat3 la1 ta1 = dirty; slovenly; sloppy 粵

邋遢貓 laat6 taat3 maau1 = a mudskipper (lit., "sloppy cat") 粵

超級邋遢 ciu1 kap1 laat6 taat3 = super dirty 粵

Showing all 2 examples containing 邋

你塊面好污糟邋遢。粵
Your face is very dirty.

唔好摸啲老鼠啦，佢哋污糟邋遢粵
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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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : 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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Decimal representation of this word: 邋
Unicode code for this character: U+908b (off-site link)

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