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Jyutping gau2 ce2
Pinyin gǒu qiě

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. perfunctory
  2. careless
  3. drifting along
  4. resigned to one's fate
  5. improper (relations)
  6. illicit (sex)
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 副詞
    勉強​做到​,​隨便
    drift along, perfunctorily
    • 苟且偷生
      苟且偷生
      to drift and live without purpose
    • 苟且之事
      苟且之事
      sexual acts that were disscribed as dirty or abnormal.
  2. 近義詞
    大意、得過且過、揦西、敷衍、是但、求其、粗心、草率、輕率、隨便、馬虎
  3. 反義詞
    仔細、俾心機、嚴格、用心、細心、細緻、認真
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adj
    negligent; careless; perfunctory
  2. adj
    not observant of propriety
  3. adj
    illicit (usually of sexual relations)
  4. adv
    tentatively; for the time being
    (syn.) 權且, 權時, 聊, 暫, 暂时, 姑且, 临时, 暫時, 暂且, 暫且, 权时, 臨時, 权且, 暂
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    苟且偷生比死更痛苦。
    苟且偷生比死更痛苦。
    gau2 ce2 tau1 sang1 bei2 sei2 gang3 tung3 fu2
    • Life without meaning is even worse than death.
  2. Cantonese
    苟且偷生
    苟且偷生
    • to drift and live without purpose
  3. Cantonese
    苟且之事
    苟且之事
    • sexual acts that were disscribed as dirty or abnormal.