耍滑頭

Chinese

		play with; to juggle	slippery; shifty; slick slippery; shifty; slick; slippery fellow; sly customer
trad. (耍滑頭)		耍	滑頭
simp. (耍滑头)		耍	滑头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǎ huátóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄚˇ ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saa² waat⁶ tau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǎ huátóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄚˇ ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuǎ huátóu
    • Wade–Giles: shua³ hua²-tʻou²
    • Yale: shwǎ hwá-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoa hwatour
    • Palladius: шуа хуатоу (šua xuatou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saa² waat⁶ tau⁴
    • Yale: sá waaht tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saa² waat⁹ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sa² wad⁶ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saː³⁵ waːt̚² tʰɐu̯²¹/

Verb

耍滑頭

1. to try to shirk work or responsibility; to act in a slick way

Synonyms

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• 使仙公 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 耍奸 (shuǎjiān)
• 耍滑 (shuǎhuá)
• 藏姦 / 藏奸 (cángjiān) (regional)