刁滑

Chinese

		artful; wicked	comical; cunning; slippery comical; cunning; slippery; smooth
trad. (刁滑)		刁	滑
simp. #(刁滑)		刁	滑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diāohuá

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠ ㄏㄨㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): diu¹ waat⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diāohuá
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠ ㄏㄨㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diaohuá
    • Wade–Giles: tiao¹-hua²
    • Yale: dyāu-hwá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diauhwa
    • Palladius: дяохуа (djaoxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xu̯ä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: diu¹ waat⁶
    • Yale: dīu waaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: diu¹ waat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: diu¹ wad⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːu̯⁵⁵ waːt̚²/

Noun

刁滑

1. cunning; crafty; deceitful

Synonyms

• 世故 (shìgù)
• 刁 (diāo)
• 刁鑽／刁钻 (diāozuān)
• 刁頑／刁顽 (diāowán) (literary, cunning and stubborn)
• 即世 (jíshì) (literary)
• 圓泛／圆泛 (yenn² fan⁴) (Xiang)
• 圓滑／圆滑 (yuánhuá)
• 圞泛／𪢮泛 (lonn² fan⁴) (Xiang)
• 奸宄 (Hokkien)
• 奸巧 (Hokkien)
• 奸狡
• 奸猾 (jiānhuá)
• 奸險 (jiānxiǎn)
• 姦刁／奸刁 (¹ke-tiau) (Wu)
• 姦詐／奸诈 (jiānzhà)
• 油滑 (yóuhuá)
• 滑
• 滑頭／滑头 (huátóu)
• 狡怪 (káu-koài) (Hokkien)
• 狡猾 (jiǎohuá)
• 狡獪／狡狯 (jiǎokuài) (literary)
• 狡詐／狡诈 (jiǎozhà)
• 狡鬼 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 狡黠 (jiǎoxiá) (literary)
• 詭詐／诡诈 (guǐzhà)
• 調皮／调皮 (tiáopí)
• 陰濕／阴湿 (jam¹ sap¹) (Cantonese)
• 陰險／阴险 (yīnxiǎn)
• 頑惡／顽恶 (wánwù) (literary)