粵

挖waa1苦fu2

waa1 fu2wā kǔ

English

  1. to speak sarcastically
  2. to make cutting remarks
  3. also pr. [wa1 ku5]
  4. to deride; to make sarcastic or ironic remarks

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 以反話嘲笑、戲謔、串、潤

Examples

  • 汤姆真会挖苦人。

    Tom is quite sarcastic.

    Tatoeba · verdastelo9604 CC BY

  • 你总是挖苦我的着装。

    You are always digging at me about my clothes.

    Tatoeba · Ethan_lin CC BY

  • 你讚緊我定挖苦緊我呀?

    Are you flattering me or trying to be sarcastic?

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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