俏皮話

Chinese

		pretty; good-looking; witty pretty; good-looking; witty; cleverly jocular	spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (俏皮話)		俏皮	話
simp. (俏皮话)		俏皮	话

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiàopihuà, qiàopíhuà

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠˋ ˙ㄆㄧ ㄏㄨㄚˋ, ㄑㄧㄠˋ ㄆㄧˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ciu³ pei⁴ waa⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiàopihuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˋ ˙ㄆㄧ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciàopi̊huà
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiao⁴-pʻi⁵-hua⁴
    • Yale: chyàu-pi-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiaw.pihuah
    • Palladius: цяопихуа (cjaopixua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ pʰi¹ xu̯ä⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiàopihuàr
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˋ ˙ㄆㄧ ㄏㄨㄚˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciàopi̊huàr
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiao⁴-pʻi⁵-hua⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: chyàu-pi-hwàr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiaw.pihuall
    • Palladius: цяопихуар (cjaopixuar)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ pʰi¹ xu̯ɑɻ⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiàopíhuà
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠˋ ㄆㄧˊ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciàopíhuà
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiao⁴-pʻi²-hua⁴
    • Yale: chyàu-pí-hwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiawpyihuah
    • Palladius: цяопихуа (cjaopixua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ pʰi³⁵ xu̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ciu³ pei⁴ waa⁶
    • Yale: chiu pèih wah
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsiu³ pei⁴ waa⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: qiu³ péi⁴ wa⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːu̯³³ pʰei̯²¹ waː²²/

Noun

俏皮話

1. wisecrack; witticism; witty remark
2. sarcastic remark; sarcasm
3. (specifically) Alternative name for 歇後語／歇后语 (xiēhòuyǔ, “xiehouyu”).

Synonyms

• (witty remark): (Hokkien) 剺揭話／剺揭话, 激骨話／激骨话, 色巧話／色巧话

Dialectal synonyms of 歇後語 (“xiehouyu”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		歇後語, 俏皮話
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	歇後語兒
	Taiwan	歇後語
	Singapore	歇後語
Cantonese	Guangzhou	歇後語, 背語
	Hong Kong	歇後語
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	師傅話, 功夫話, 太監話
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	師傅話, 功夫話, 太監話
Southern Min	Xiamen	剺揭話
	Quanzhou	剺揭話
	Zhangzhou	剺揭話
	Taipei	孽譎仔話 GT
	Tainan	孽譎話
	Chaozhou	歇後語
	Jieyang	歇後語
	Singapore (Teochew)	歇後語
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)