狡獪

Chinese

		crafty; cunning; sly	crafty; cunning
trad. (狡獪)		狡	獪
simp. (狡狯)		狡	狯

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎokuài

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄎㄨㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau² kui²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): káu-koài

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎokuài
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄎㄨㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎokuài
    • Wade–Giles: chiao³-kʻuai⁴
    • Yale: jyǎu-kwài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeaukuay
    • Palladius: цзяокуай (czjaokuaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ kʰu̯aɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaau² kui²
    • Yale: gáau kúi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau² kui²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gao² kui²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯³⁵ kʰuːi̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: káu-koài
    • Tâi-lô: káu-kuài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kaw'koaix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kuai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuai¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kuai²¹/

Adjective

狡獪

1. (literary) sly; treacherous; tricky; crafty

Synonyms

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• 世故 (shìgù)
• 刁 (diāo)
• 刁滑 (diāohuá)
• 刁鑽 / 刁钻 (diāozuān)
• 刁頑 / 刁顽 (diāowán) (literary, cunning and stubborn)
• 即世 (jíshì) (literary)
• 古怪 (gū-*guái) (Eastern Min)
• 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)