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ẩu tả

Pronunciation Northern /ə̰w˧˩˧ ta̰ː˧˩˧/ Central /əw˧˩˨ taː˧˩˨/ Southern /əw˨˩˦ taː˨˩˦/
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sloppy
Adjective
sloppy
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2 senses 2 Components
Meaning
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Adjective

Sense 1 Adjective
sloppy Appearance & PersonalityTheme

Doing things in a very careless and disorganized way, without paying attention to detail or quality.

vi Cậu ấy làm việc rất ẩu tả nên kết quả không tốt.

en He works in a very sloppy way, so the results are not good.

Verb

Sense 2 Verb
vomit and diarrhea

To experience both vomiting and diarrhea at the same time, usually as a result of illness.

vi Đứa trẻ bị ẩu tả suốt đêm qua do ngộ độc thực phẩm.

en The child experienced both vomiting and diarrhea all last night due to food poisoning.

Parts
ẩu / tả / 嫗寫
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Chinese characters Estimated from syllable mapping
Representative candidate
嫗寫
Candidates by syllable
ẩu 嫗 tả 寫(左 / 瀉 / 袏)
Bold marks a representative candidate assembled from per-syllable character mappings. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. It is not necessarily a source-aligned spelling for the whole word.
Similar
nhệu nhạo / ấm ớ / tuệch toạc / ẩu đả …
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Use
lộn ẩu / triệu ẩu / hỗn ẩu / làm ẩu …
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