狡詐

Chinese

		crafty; cunning; sly	crafty; dishonest
trad. (狡詐)		狡	詐
simp. (狡诈)		狡	诈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎozhà

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄓㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau² zaa³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): káu-chè / káu-chèe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎozhà
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄓㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎojhà
    • Wade–Giles: chiao³-cha⁴
    • Yale: jyǎu-jà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeaujah
    • Palladius: цзяочжа (czjaočža)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaau² zaa³
    • Yale: gáau ja
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau² dzaa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gao² za³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯³⁵ t͡saː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: káu-chè
    • Tâi-lô: káu-tsè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kawzex
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡se²¹/
    • IPA (Singapore): /kau⁴²⁻²⁴ t͡se²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡se²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡se¹¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡se⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: káu-chèe
    • Tâi-lô: káu-tsèe
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɛ²¹/

Adjective

狡詐

1. cunning; deceitful

Synonyms

• 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)
• 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)