胡攪

Chinese

		barbarian; recklessly; surname	to disturb; to annoy; to mix to disturb; to annoy; to mix; to stir
trad. (胡攪)		胡	攪
simp. (胡搅)		胡	搅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hújiǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu⁴ gaau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hújiǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hújiǎo
    • Wade–Giles: hu²-chiao³
    • Yale: hú-jyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwujeau
    • Palladius: хуцзяо (xuczjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu⁴ gaau²
    • Yale: wùh gáau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu⁴ gaau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu⁴ gao²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː²¹ kaːu̯³⁵/

Verb

胡攪

1. to pester; to be mischievous
2. to argue tediously and vexatiously; to wrangle

Synonyms

• (to pester):

• 亂它／乱它 (lonn⁵ do²) (Xiang)
• 亂彈琴／乱弹琴 (luàn tánqín) (figurative)
• 亂鬧／乱闹 (luànnào)
• 作孽 (Hokkien)
• 使壞／使坏 (shǐhuài)
• 做孽 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 做手腳／做手脚 (zuò shǒujiǎo)
• 卵彈琴／卵弹琴 (lonn³ dan² qin²) (Xiang)
• 惹事 (rěshì)
• 搗亂／捣乱 (dǎoluàn)
• 搶事／抢事 (Hokkien)
• 搞事 (gǎoshì)
• 搗蛋／捣蛋 (dǎodàn)
• 搗鬼／捣鬼 (dǎoguǐ)
• 搞鬼 (gǎoguǐ)
• 撩事 (liàu-dī) (Northern Min)
• 滋事 (zīshì)
• 滋擾／滋扰 (zīrǎo)
• 玩鬧／玩闹 (wánnào)
• 生事 (shēngshì)
• 生氣／生气 (siⁿ-khùi) (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 生空 (Hokkien)
• 生空生榫 (Hokkien)
• 生空生縫／生空生缝 (Hokkien)
• 耍手腕 (shuǎ shǒuwàn)
• 胡來／胡来 (húlái)
• 胡鬧／胡闹 (húnào)
• 舞射 (Hakka)
• 變精／变精 (Jinjiang Hokkien)
• 變鬼／变鬼 (Hokkien)
• 變魍／变魍 (Hokkien)
• 起事 (Hokkien)
• 起空 (Hokkien)
• 起鬨／起哄 (qǐhòng)
• 造反 (zàofǎn)
• 鬧事／闹事 (nàoshì)

 

• (to argue tediously and vexatiously):

• 巧辯／巧辩 (qiǎobiàn)
• 強辯／强辩 (qiǎngbiàn)
• 死諍／死诤 (Hokkien)
• 狡辯／狡辩 (jiǎobiàn)
• 詭辯／诡辩 (guǐbiàn)

 

Derived terms

• 胡攪蠻纏／胡搅蛮缠 (hújiǎománchán)