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Chinese
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Note:
- ki1 kiao1 - Shantou;
- ki1 kiou1 - Chaozhou.
Adjective
蹊蹺
- odd; queer; strange; fishy
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) sly; crafty; cunning
Synonyms
- 刁鑽 / 刁钻 (diāozuān) (literary)
- 古怪 (gǔguài)
- 各樣 / 各样 (gèyàng) (Eastern Min; Southern Min)
- 各鱉 / 各鳖 (Xiamen Hokkien)
- 奇巧 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
- 奇幻 (qíhuàn)
- 奇怪 (qíguài)
- 奇異 / 奇异 (qíyì)
- 巧奇 (Xiamen Hokkien)
- 巧怪 (Xiamen Hokkien)
- 怪 (guài)
- 怪僻 (guàipì) (literary)
- 怪奇 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 怪死 (Hokkien)
- 怪異 / 怪异 (guàiyì)
- 日怪 (reh4 guai3) (Jin)
- 有空 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
- 稀奇 (xīqí)
- 詭異 / 诡异 (guǐyì)
- 趣怪 (Hakka)
- 離奇 / 离奇 (líqí)
- 龜怪 / 龟怪 (Hokkien)
- 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)
- 古怪 (gū-*guái) (Eastern Min)
- 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)
Verb
蹊蹺
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) to nitpick; to find fault