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

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

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)
古怪 (gū-*guái) (Eastern Min)
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)
甕毒 / 瓮毒 (Xiamen Hokkien)
甕肚 / 瓮肚 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese 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)