稀松

稀鬆
xīsōng
adjective #30,885

Meanings

  1. 1 sloppy
  2. 2 lax
  3. 3 poor (quality, performance)
  4. 4 trivial
  5. 5 unimportant
  6. 6 loose, porous (of soil or material)

Examples

HSK 3
Tā de gōngfu xīsōng de hěn, gēnběn dǎ búguò duìfāng.
His kung fu is really sloppy - no way he can beat his opponent.
HSK 3
Zhèzhǒng shì xīsōng píngcháng, méishénme dàbuliǎo de.
This kind of thing is utterly commonplace - no big deal.

Tips

usage
Two main flavors: (1) describing a person's skill or work as "weak/sloppy" (often dismissively), and (2) the fixed phrase 稀松平常 = "perfectly ordinary, nothing special". The literal sense - loose, porous (like crumbly soil) - is the source: things that don't hold together tightly.

Stroke Order

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