揦鮓 (laa5 zaa2 | ) : dirty

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揦鮓

laa5 zaa2

dirty; filthy; (in relation to ghosts, spirits etc.) unfortuitous | 骯髒; 不乾淨

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 741,000

This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

揦鮓

This word has been viewed 5467 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 10th Nov 2004 14:44 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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揦 laa2 laa5 - grab; irritate; dirty
鮓 zaa2 - low quality or level; trashy

1 compounds containing this word:

揦鮓招 - dirty trick

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唔好摸啲白鴿啦，佢哋非常之揦鮓粵
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 ]

佢竟然出噉嘅揦鮓招！粵
I never expected him to use such dirty tricks!

3 Cantonese Homophones / Homophone Variants for this word:

嗱喳 laa5 zaa2 = dirty and untidy 粵

藞䕢 laa5 zaa2 = dirty, despicable 粵

揦苴 laa5 zaa2 = dirty 粵

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