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