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Chinese word of the month! Learn how to use this word with these Cantonese + Mandarin example sentences:

Mandarin: 他的行为很猥琐 [tā de xíngwéi hěn wěisuǒ]
Cantonese: 佢嘅行為好猥瑣 [keoi5 ge3 hang4-wai6 hou2 wui1-so2]
His behaviour is very sleazy.

Mandarin: 这个男人看起来很猥琐 [zhège nánrén kàn qǐlái hěn wěisuǒ]
Cantonese: 呢個男人睇起上嚟好猥瑣 [ni1-go3 naam4-jan2 tai2-hei2-soeng5-lai4 hou2 wui1-so2]
This man looks very wretched.

Mandarin: 你不要做这么猥琐的事 [nǐ bù yào zuò zhème wěisuǒ de shì]
Cantonese: 你唔好做咁猥瑣嘅嘢 [nei5 m4-hou2 zou6 gam3 wui1-so2 ge3 je5]
Don't do such disgusting things.

*Note: In Cantonese, this word can also be pronounce "wai2-so2"

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例句：
His handshake was perfunctory, lacking any real warmth or interest. - 他的握手很敷衍，缺乏真正的熱情或興趣。

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Example sentence:
換言之，這件事是我們的責任。

Mandarin pinyin: huànyánzhī, zhè jiàn shì shì wǒmen de zérènbù zǎole

Cantonese jyutping: wun6-jin4-zi1 ，ze5-gin6 si6 si6 ngo5-mun4 dik1 zaak3-jam6

English: He glanced at his watch and realised it was getting late.

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