# 潦草 (liáocǎo)

In Mandarin Chinese, 潦草 (liáocǎo) means “messy (handwriting); careless; sloppy”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: messy (handwriting); careless; sloppy
- Pinyin: liáocǎo (liao2 cao3)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 他的字写得太潦草，人们看不清。
  Tā de zì xiě de tài liáocǎo, rénmen kànbuqīng.
  His handwriting is too messy to read clearly.

## Characters

- 潦 (lǎo): flooded; heavy rain
- [草](https://hanziro.com/word/cao-grass/) (cǎo): grass

https://hanziro.com/word/liao-cao-messy/

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