調皮

See also: 调皮

Chinese

	harmonize; reconcile; blend harmonize; reconcile; blend; suit well; provoke; incite; mode (music); to move (troops); tune; tone; melody; to transfer	leather; skin; fur
trad. (調皮)	調	皮
simp. (调皮)	调	皮
alternative forms	跳皮 Cantonese

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tiáopí

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄆㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tiu^4-3 pei⁴
Gan (Wiktionary): tieu³ pi²
Northern Min (KCR): tiáu-pṳê
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thiâu-phî / thiau-phî

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiáopí
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄆㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tiáopí
  - Wade–Giles: tʻiao²-pʻi²
  - Yale: tyáu-pí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyaupyi
  - Palladius: тяопи (tjaopi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ pʰi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: tiu^4-3 pei⁴
  - Yale: tiu pèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tiu^4-3 pei⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: tiu^4-3 péi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːu̯²¹⁻³³ pʰei̯²¹/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: tieu³ pi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiɛu²¹³⁻¹³ pʰi²⁴/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: tiáu-pṳê
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiau⁵⁴ pʰyɛ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiâu-phî
  - Tâi-lô: thiâu-phî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tiauphii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiau²⁴⁻²² pʰi²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiau¹³⁻²² pʰi¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thiau-phî
  - Tâi-lô: thiau-phî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tiauphii
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiau³³ pʰi²⁴/

Adjective

調皮

naughty; mischievous
unruly; disobedient
dishonest; tricky
cunning; sly
quick on one's feet; quick-witted; sharp; smart

Synonyms

(naughty):

Dialectal synonyms of 頑皮 (“naughty”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		頑皮, 調皮, 淘氣
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	皮, 淘氣, 淘, 猴, 猴兒
	Taiwan	皮, 調皮, 頑皮, 淘氣
	Langfang	調皮
	Singapore	頑皮
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	皮, 淘, 猴兒
	Tangshan	調皮
	Cangzhou	調皮
	Baoding	費
	Shijiazhuang	調皮
	Jinan	調皮, 皮, 淘
Central Plains Mandarin	Daming	費勁
	Xi'an	匪, 淘氣, 俏皮, 皮
	Xuzhou	皮臉
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	淘氣, 費, 千方兒
	Wuhan	神, 調皮, 淘氣
	Kunming	淘氣
	Guilin	跳皮
	Liuzhou	跳皮
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	調皮, 皮
	Nantong	犯厭
	Hefei	調皮, 皮, 頑皮
Cantonese	Guangzhou	跳皮, 百厭, 韌皮, 曳, 反斗, 星君, 扭計, 扭紋, 壞, 煞氣, 頑皮
	Hong Kong	跳皮, 百厭, 韌皮, 曳, 反斗, 壞, 星君, 犯神
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	百厭
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	頑皮
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	百厭
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	懆
	Macau	跳皮
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	曳, 跳皮, 百厭
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	韌皮
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	跳皮
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	百厭
	Foshan	曳, 跳皮, 百厭
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	曳
	Foshan (Shunde)	百厭
	Foshan (Sanshui)	跳皮, 百厭
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	頑皮
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	壞, 跳皮
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	壞
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	百厭, 壞
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	百厭
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	百厭
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	百厭
	Taishan	壞賞, 壞, 曳, 搞家, 譑蠻, 飛耍, 惡教, 匪類, 扭紋
	Kaiping (Chikan)	壞賞, 壞
	Enping (Niujiang)	壞鬼
	Heshan (Yayao)	韌皮
	Dongguan	曳, 百厭
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	百厭, 跳皮
	Yangjiang	跳皮, 蠻皮
	Nanning	跳皮, 百厭, 牛骨, 頑皮
	Wuzhou	韌皮, 百厭, 百跳
	Yulin	頑, 牛骨
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	跳皮, 勿乖
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	頑皮
	Singapore (Guangfu)	韌皮
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	扭計, 曳, 百厭
Gan	Nanchang	調皮, 頑皮
Hakka	Meixian	蠻皮, 蠻, 番綻, 綻頭, 綻皮, 綻, 懆, 跳皮
	Xingning	蠻, 懆
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	頑皮
	Huidong (Daling)	調皮, 綻頭, 懆
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	頑皮
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	跳皮
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	跳皮
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	綻, 懆
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	賤
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	頑皮
	Changting	綻, 懆
	Wuping	綻, 懆
	Wuping (Pingyu)	綻
	Liancheng	綻, 懆
	Ninghua	浪綻, 懆
	Ruijin	綻, 孽
	Shangyou (Shexi)	綻, 頑皮
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	番綻, 蠻皮, 綻頭, 孱頭, 牛, 賤, 調皮, 當牛
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	殘, 牛, 賤, 調皮, 蓋牛
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	番綻, 蠻綻, 綻, 綻頭, 孱頭, 牛, 賤, 調皮, 當牛
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	番綻, 綻頭, 牛, 賤, 調皮, 當牛
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	番綻, 綻頭, 綻剁頭, 牛, 賤, 調皮, 當牛
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	狡怪, 番, 賤頭, 牛, 牛頭, 牛獗, 賤, 真牛
	Hong Kong	頑皮
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	跳皮
	Senai (Huiyang)	跳皮
Jin	Taiyuan	頑皮
	Zhangjiakou	調皮
	Handan	費
Northern Min	Jian'ou	刁皮, 韌皮
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	刁皮, 楞蟶
Eastern Min	Fuqing	調皮
Southern Min	Xiamen	孽, 孽潲, 孽唆, 跳鬼, 刁皮, 跳限, 跳塌, 賤, 歹死, 揲, 揲篤
	Quanzhou	孽, 孽潲, 孽唆, 跳鬼, 賤, 歹死
	Zhangzhou	孽, 孽潲, 賤, 歹, 歹死
	Kaohsiung	賤
	Yilan	賤
	Changhua (Lukang)	狡怪
	Taichung	孽潲
	Taichung (Wuqi)	孽潲
	Tainan	作孽, 孽, 孽潲
	Taitung	孽潲
	Hsinchu	孽
	Penghu (Magong)	狡怪
	Penang (Hokkien)	孽, 怪孽, 歹死
	Singapore (Hokkien)	孽, 孽死, 孽潲, 賤, 歹死
	Manila (Hokkien)	歹死, 孽, 孽潲
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	調皮, 惡蠻, 蠻
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	頑皮
	Chaozhou	燦頭
	Shantou	野, 野死, 好耍, 頑皮
	Bangkok (Teochew)	跳皮
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	孬
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	跳皮
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	頑皮, 跳皮
Wu	Shanghai	頑皮, 皮, 賴皮, 搨皮, 淘氣
	Shanghai (Chongming)	厭, 調皮, 頑皮
	Suzhou	皮, 調皮, 厭
	Wuxi	厭, 皮
	Danyang	調皮, 皮
	Hangzhou	厭, 調皮
	Ningbo	皮
	Wenzhou	調皮, 皮, 皮蚩, 蠻, 惡
	Jinhua	調皮, 皮, 皮面
Xiang	Changsha	跳皮, 跳夾
	Shuangfeng	跳皮, 頑皮
	Quanzhou	頑皮

(cunning):

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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)
狡獪 / 狡狯 (jiǎokuài) (literary)
狡詐 / 狡诈 (jiǎozhà)
狡鬼 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
狡黠 (jiǎoxiá) (literary)
詭詐 / 诡诈 (guǐzhà)
陰濕 / 阴湿 (jam¹ sap¹) (Cantonese)
陰險 / 阴险 (yīnxiǎn)
頑惡 / 顽恶 (wánwù) (literary)

(quick on one's feet):

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乖巧 (guāiqiǎo)
了了 (liǎoliǎo) (literary)
伶俐 (línglì)
儇 (Wu, of a child)
奢遮 (Wu, of a child)
宿鬼 (Hokkien)
性靈 / 性灵 (xìnglíng) (literary)
敏慧 (mǐnhuì)
明慧 (mínghuì)
明智 (míngzhì)
機敏 / 机敏 (jīmǐn)
機智 / 机智 (jīzhì)
機穎 / 机颖 (literary)
機警 / 机警 (jījǐng)
機靈 / 机灵
活絡 / 活络 (Wu)
睿智 (ruìzhì)
穎異 / 颖异 (yǐngyì) (formal)
精濟 / 精济 (Hokkien, of a child)
精靈 / 精灵 (jīnglíng)
精齊 / 精齐 (Hokkien, of a child)
聰慧 / 聪慧 (cōnghuì)
聰敏 / 聪敏 (cōngmǐn)
聰明 / 聪明 (cōngmíng)
聰穎 / 聪颖 (cōngyǐng) (formal)
英明 (yīngmíng)
靈 / 灵 (líng)
靈光 / 灵光 (⁶lin-kuaon) (Wu)
鬼 (guǐ) (informal)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “wild”): 馴順／驯顺 (xùnshùn)
(antonym(s) of “quick on one's feet”):

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愚笨 (yúbèn)
笨拙 (bènzhuō)