滑溜

Chinese

		comical; cunning; slippery comical; cunning; slippery; smooth	slip away; to skate
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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huáliu, huáliū

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˊ ˙ㄌㄧㄡ, ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄌㄧㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waat⁶ lau⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ku̍t-liu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huáliu
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˊ ˙ㄌㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huálio̊u
    • Wade–Giles: hua²-liu⁵
    • Yale: hwá-lyou
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwa.liou
    • Palladius: хуалю (xualju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä³⁵ li̯oʊ̯³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huáliū
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄌㄧㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huáliou
    • Wade–Giles: hua²-liu¹
    • Yale: hwá-lyōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwalhiou
    • Palladius: хуалю (xualju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä³⁵ li̯oʊ̯⁵⁵/

Note: huáliū - "to sauté".

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waat⁶ lau⁶
    • Yale: waaht lauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waat⁹ lau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wad⁶ leo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːt̚² lɐu̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ku̍t-liu
    • Tâi-lô: ku̍t-liu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kudliw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kut̚⁴⁻³² liu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kut̚²⁴⁻² liu³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kut̚¹²¹⁻²¹ liu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kut̚⁴⁻³² liu⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kut̚⁴⁻³² liu⁴⁴/

Adjective

滑溜

1. (of objects) slick; smooth
2. (of speech) smooth, fluent
3. (of people) smooth, oily, cunning

Verb

滑溜

1. (cooking) to sauté with added starch sauce