Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Careless, sloppy, messy: Describes an action, especially writing or drawing, performed in a hasty, untidy, and negligent manner, resulting in a poor-quality outcome. It emphasizes a lack of care and attention to detail.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Chữ viết của nó quệch quạc khó đọc. (His/Her handwriting is sloppy and hard to read.)
  • Đừng vẽ quệch quạc như thế! (Don't draw so messily/carelessly like that!)
  • Nó chỉ viết quệch quạc vài dòng rồi nộp bài. (He/She just scribbled a few lines and then submitted the assignment.)

Advanced Usage

• "viết quệch quạc": to write carelessly, to scribble.
  • Cậu bé viết quệch quạc vào sổ tay. (The boy scribbled in the notebook.)
• "vẽ quệch quạc": to draw messily, to doodle carelessly.
  • Đứa trẻ vẽ quệch quạc lên tường. (The child drew messily on the wall.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nguệch ngoạc: A near-synonymous adjective/adverb with the same meaning (careless, scrawled). Often used interchangeably with "quệch quạc".
  • Chữ ký nguệch ngoạc (A scrawled signature).
• Cẩu thả (adj): Negligent, sloppy. A more general term for carelessness that can apply to various actions, not just writing.
  • Làm việc cẩu thả (To work negligently).
• Bôi bác (adj): Sloppy, daubed. Often used for painting or applying something messily.
  • Tranh vẽ bôi bác (A sloppily daubed painting).

Synonyms

• Ẩu: Sloppy, careless (often in speech or action).
• Luộm thuộm: Untidy, slovenly (more about general appearance or organization).

Related Phrases

• Viết cho xong chuyện: To write just to get it over with (implying carelessness).
• Làm qua loa: To do something perfunctorily, in a slipshod manner.

1. Careless
   • Viết quệch quạc
     To write carelessly, to scribble