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  zaa2   jyutping
  zha3   pinyin
[1] [] [adj] of low quality or level; trashy; inferior | [variant]
[2] [n] salted fish; dish served with ground rice and flour with other condiments

Default PoS: adjective Additional PoS: noun
Stroke count: 16
Level: 3
Radical: (#195)

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

This word has been viewed 4860 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 4th May 2015 14:41

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detail  laa5 zaa2   = dirty
detail  laa5 zaa2 ziu1   = dirty trick
detail  zaa2 dau2   = useless; poor
detail  baak6 zaa3 / zaak3  bai2 zha4 = 1. jellyfish 2. traffic police officer

Showing all 3 examples containing 鮓
detail audio , 快啲?
How come you're so puny! Can't you walk slightly faster?
detail 唔好白鴿佢哋非常之揦鮓
Don't touch the pigeons, they're very dirty.
[Lit. don't touch [plural counter] pigeons [particle], they extremely dirty Other synonyms for 揦鮓: 污糟 and 污糟邋遢 ]
detail 竟然揦鮓招
I never expected him to use such dirty tricks!

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