狡鬼

Chinese

		crafty; cunning; sly	ghost; sly; crafty
simp. and trad. (狡鬼)		狡	鬼

Pronunciation

Min Nan (POJ): káu-kúi

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: káu-kúi
  - Tâi-lô: káu-kuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kaw'kuie
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kui⁵³/

Adjective

狡鬼

(Zhangzhou Hokkien) crafty; cunning; sly; tricky; treacherous

Synonyms

Synonyms of 狡鬼

世故 (shìgù)
刁滑 (diāohuá)
刁鑽／刁钻 (diāozuān)
刁頑／刁顽 (diāowán) (literary, cunning and stubborn)
即世 (jíshì) (literary)
姦詐／奸诈 (jiānzhà)
滑頭／滑头 (huátóu)
狡怪 (káu-koài) (Min Nan)

狡猾 (jiǎohuá)
狡獪／狡狯 (jiǎokuài) (literary)
狡黠 (jiǎoxiá) (literary)
詭詐／诡诈 (guǐzhà)
陰濕／阴湿 (yīnshī) (Cantonese)
陰險／阴险 (yīnxiǎn)
頑惡／顽恶 (wánwù) (literary)

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