狡黠

Chinese

		crafty; cunning; sly	phonetic; crafty
simp. and trad. (狡黠)		狡	黠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiǎoxiá

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau² hat⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): káu-ha̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎoxiá
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎosiá
    • Wade–Giles: chiao³-hsia²
    • Yale: jyǎu-syá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeaushya
    • Palladius: цзяося (czjaosja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaau² hat⁶
    • Yale: gáau haht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau² hat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gao² hed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯³⁵ hɐt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: káu-ha̍t
    • Tâi-lô: káu-ha̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kaw'hat
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hat̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hat̚¹²¹/

Adjective

狡黠

1. (literary) cunning; sly

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)
• 狡詐／狡诈 (jiǎozhà)
• 狡鬼 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 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)