蹊蹺

Chinese

	footpath	raise one's foot
trad. (蹊蹺)	蹊	蹺
simp. (蹊跷)	蹊	跷
alternative forms	㩻蹺／㩻跷
anagram	蹺蹊／跷蹊

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qīqiāo, xīqiāo

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄑㄧㄠ, ㄒㄧㄑㄧㄠ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kai¹ kiu²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): khi-khiau

(Teochew, Peng'im): ki¹ kiao¹ / ki¹ kiou¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qīqiāo → qīqiao (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄑㄧㄠ → ㄑㄧ ˙ㄑㄧㄠ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciciåo
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi¹-chʻiao⁵
  - Yale: chī-chyau
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chi.chiau
  - Palladius: цицяо (cicjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/ → /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯²/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xīqiāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄑㄧㄠ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siciao
  - Wade–Giles: hsi¹-chʻiao¹
  - Yale: syī-chyāu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shichiau
  - Palladius: сицяо (sicjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kai¹ kiu²
  - Yale: kāi kíu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kai¹ kiu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: kei¹ kiu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɐi̯⁵⁵ kʰiːu̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khi-khiau
  - Tâi-lô: khi-khiau
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qi'qiaw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰi⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiau⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰi³³ kʰiau³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰi⁴⁴⁻²² kʰiau⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kʰi⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰiau⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰi⁴⁴⁻³³ kʰiau⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ki¹ kiao¹ / ki¹ kiou¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khi khiau / khi khiou
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰi³³⁻²³ kʰiau³³/, /kʰi³³⁻²³ kʰiou³³/

Note:

ki1 kiao1 - Shantou;
ki1 kiou1 - Chaozhou.

Adjective

蹊蹺

odd; queer; strange; fishy
事有蹊蹺／事有蹊跷 ― shì yǒu qīqiāo ― there is something fishy
(Taiwanese Hokkien) sly; crafty; cunning

Synonyms

(queer):

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刁鑽 / 刁钻 (diāozuān) (literary)
古怪 (gǔguài)
各樣 / 各样 (gèyàng) (Eastern Min; Southern Min)
各鱉 / 各鳖 (Xiamen Hokkien)
奇巧 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
奇幻 (qíhuàn)
奇怪 (qíguài)
奇異 / 奇异 (qíyì)
巧奇 (Xiamen Hokkien)
巧怪 (Xiamen Hokkien)
怪 (guài)
怪僻 (guàipì) (literary)
怪奇 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
怪死 (Hokkien)
怪異 / 怪异 (guàiyì)
日怪 (reh⁴ guai³) (Jin)
有空 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
稀奇 (xīqí)
詭異 / 诡异 (guǐyì)
趣怪 (Hakka)
離奇 / 离奇 (líqí)
龜怪 / 龟怪 (Hokkien)

(sly):

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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)
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)

Verb

蹊蹺

(Taiwanese Hokkien) to nitpick; to find fault