狡怪

Chinese

		crafty; cunning; sly	queer; to blame
simp. and trad. (狡怪)		狡	怪

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): káu-koài

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: káu-koài
    • Tâi-lô: káu-kuài
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kaw'koaix
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuai²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kuai⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuai²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuai¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kuai²¹/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 狡怪

1. (Southern Min) crafty; cunning; sly; tricky; treacherous
2. (Taiwanese Hokkien) naughty; mischievous; cheeky

Synonyms

(deprecated template usage)

• 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
• 滑頭／滑头 (huátóu)
• 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)

 

• (naughty): 頑皮／顽皮 (wánpí), 調皮／调皮 (tiáopí)

Further reading

• “Entry #5203”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.