滑頭

Chinese

		comical; cunning; slippery comical; cunning; slippery; smooth	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (滑頭)		滑	頭
simp. (滑头)		滑	头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huátóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄊㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waat⁶ tau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ku̍t-thâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huátóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huátóu
    • Wade–Giles: hua²-tʻou²
    • Yale: hwá-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwatour
    • Palladius: хуатоу (xuatou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waat⁶ tau⁴
    • Yale: waaht tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waat⁹ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wad⁶ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːt̚² tʰɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ku̍t-thâu
    • Tâi-lô: ku̍t-thâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kudtaau
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kut̚²⁴⁻² tʰau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kut̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tʰau¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kut̚⁴⁻³² tʰau²⁴/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 滑頭

1. slippery; shifty; slick

Synonyms

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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)
• 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
• 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)
• 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)

 

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 滑頭

1. slippery fellow; sly customer