狡鬼

Chinese

		crafty; cunning; sly	ghost; sly; crafty
trad. (狡鬼)		狡	鬼
simp. #(狡鬼)		狡	鬼

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): káu-kúi

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: káu-kúi
    • Tâi-lô: káu-kuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kaw'kuie
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kui⁵³/

Adjective

狡鬼

1. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) crafty; cunning; sly; tricky; treacherous

Synonyms

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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)
• 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)