耍滑

Chinese

		play with; to juggle	comical; cunning; slippery comical; cunning; slippery; smooth
trad. (耍滑)		耍	滑
simp. #(耍滑)		耍	滑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuǎhuá

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄚˇ ㄏㄨㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saa² waat⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sóa-hoa̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuǎhuá
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄚˇ ㄏㄨㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuǎhuá
    • Wade–Giles: shua³-hua²
    • Yale: shwǎ-hwá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoahwa
    • Palladius: шуахуа (šuaxua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saa² waat⁶
    • Yale: sá waaht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saa² waat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sa² wad⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saː³⁵ waːt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sóa-hoa̍t
    • Tâi-lô: suá-hua̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soafhoat
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sua⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ huat̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ huat̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sua⁵³⁻⁴⁴ huat̚⁴/

Verb

耍滑

1. to try to shirk work or responsibility; to act in a slick way

Synonyms

• 使仙公 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 耍奸 (shuǎjiān)
• 耍滑頭／耍滑头 (shuǎ huátóu)
• 藏姦／藏奸 (cángjiān) (regional)