刁鑽

See also: 刁钻

Chinese

		artful; wicked	an auger; diamond; enter (a hole) an auger; diamond; enter (a hole); probe
trad. (刁鑽)		刁	鑽
simp. (刁钻)		刁	钻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diāozuān

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄠ ㄗㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): diu¹ zyun³
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): diao¹ zeng³
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹tiau-tsoe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diāozuān
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄠ ㄗㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diaozuan
    • Wade–Giles: tiao¹-tsuan¹
    • Yale: dyāu-dzwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diautzuan
    • Palladius: дяоцзуань (djaoczuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡su̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: diu¹ zyun³
    • Yale: dīu jyun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: diu¹ dzyn³
    • Guangdong Romanization: diu¹ jun³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːu̯⁵⁵ t͡syːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: diao¹ zeng³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tiau tsṳ̀ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiau³³⁻²³ t͡sɯŋ²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹tiau-tsoe
    • MiniDict: tiau^平 tsoe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tiau-tsoe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tiɔ⁵⁵ t͡sø²¹/

Adjective

刁鑽

1. treacherous; tricky; wily; cunning; devious; artful; crafty
2. (literary) out of the ordinary; extraordinary
3. (literary) eccentric; odd; strange

Synonyms

• (treacherous):

• 世故 (shìgù)
• 刁 (diāo)
• 刁滑 (diāohuá)
• 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)

 

• (out of the ordinary): 不凡 (bùfán)
• (strange):

• 古怪 (gǔguài)
• 各樣／各样 (gèyàng) (Eastern Min; Southern Min)
• 各鱉／各鳖 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 奇巧 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 奇幻 (qíhuàn)
• 奇怪 (qíguài)
• 奇異／奇异 (qíyì)
• 巧奇 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 巧怪 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 怪 (guài)
• 怪僻 (guàipì) (literary)
• 怪奇 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 怪死 (Hokkien)
• 怪異／怪异 (guàiyì)
• 日怪 (reh⁴ guai³) (Jin)
• 有空 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 稀奇 (xīqí)
• 詭異／诡异 (guǐyì)
• 趣怪 (Hakka)
• 蹊蹺／蹊跷 (qīqiāo)
• 離奇／离奇 (líqí)
• 龜怪／龟怪 (Hokkien)