奸宄

Chinese

		traitor	traitor
trad. (奸宄/姦宄)		奸/姦	宄
simp. (奸宄)		奸	宄

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiānguǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢ ㄍㄨㄟˇ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kan-kúi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiānguǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jianguěi
    • Wade–Giles: chien¹-kuei³
    • Yale: jyān-gwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiangoei
    • Palladius: цзяньгуй (czjanʹguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kan-kúi
    • Tâi-lô: kan-kuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kankuie
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kan³³ kui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kan⁴⁴⁻²² kui⁵³/

Noun

奸宄

1. lawbreaker
2. illegal act; crime
3. someone who does illegal acts; criminal
4. seizure by force

Adjective

奸宄

1. (Southern Min) cunning; crafty; deceitful; treacherous

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)
• 圓泛／圆泛 (yenn² fan⁴) (Xiang)
• 圓滑／圆滑 (yuánhuá)
• 圞泛／𪢮泛 (lonn² fan⁴) (Xiang)
• 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)
• 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)