Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- diāo
- Diāo
English
- tricky, sly, crafty, cunning
- surname Diao
- artful
- (adjective) Picky (on food)
- wicked
- deal; agreement; transaction
- to deal with
- tricky
粵語
- 交易;協議(量詞:單)
- 交易;協議
- 好難處理
As a component in
Words containing 刁
- 刁蠻diu1 maan4
crafty and unruly
- 刁難diu1 naan4
to be hard on sb; to deliberately make things difficult
- 刁時diu1 si4
deuce (sport)
- 刁民diu1 man4
(derogatory) unruly people
- 嘴刁zeoi2 diu1
being picky when it comes to food
- 刁鑽diu1 zyun3
crafty
- 放刁fong3 diu1
to act wickedly
- 刁士diu1 si6
deuce [loanword]
- 貴刁gwai3 diu1
kway teow, a kind of rice noodles
- 刁婦diu1 fu5
shrew
- 炒貴刁caau2 gwai3 diu1
char kway teow, type of stir-fried rice noodle
- 苦刁刁fu2 diu1 diu1
very bitter; a bitter taste
- 苦刁刁fu2 diu1 diu1
very bitter; a bitter taste
- 刁草diu1 cou2
- 刁司diu1 si2
deuce (loanword) [written and colloquial]
- 刁斗diu1 dau3
soldier's copper saucepan, used for cooking food by day and for sounding the night watches during the hours of darkness (in ancient times)
- 刁滑diu1 waat6
artful
- 士刁拔si6 diu1 bat4
stupid
- 刁悍diu1 hon6
cunning and fierce
- 百般刁難baak3 bun1 diu1 naan4
(idiom) to put up innumerable obstacles; to create all kinds of difficulties
- 刁橋扭擰diu1 kiu4 nau2 ning6
to be picky and difficult [colloquial]
- 刁喬扭擰diu1 kiu4 nau2 ning6
to be fussy; to keep refusing when offered a series of choices
- 刁僑扭擰diu1 kiu4 nau2 ning6
describes the behavior of a spoilt person (normally a young kid or a young person) which is unbearably demanding and unreasonable
- 石刁柏sek6 diu1 paak3
asparagus