挖苦

Chinese

		to dig; to excavate; to scoop out	bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful
trad. (挖苦)		挖	苦
simp. ^#(挖苦)		挖	苦

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wākǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄚㄎㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waa¹ fu², waat³ fu²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): oa-khó͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): uai¹ kou²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wākǔ → wāku (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄚㄎㄨˇ → ㄨㄚ ˙ㄎㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: waků
  - Wade–Giles: wa¹-kʻu⁵
  - Yale: wā-ku
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ua.kuu
  - Palladius: ваку (vaku)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wä⁵⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /wä⁵⁵ kʰu²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: waa¹ fu², waat³ fu²
  - Yale: wā fú, waat fú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waa¹ fu², waat⁸ fu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: wa¹ fu², wad³ fu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waː⁵⁵ fuː³⁵/, /waːt̚³ fuː³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa-khó͘
  - Tâi-lô: ua-khóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oa'qor
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ua³³ kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ua⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔ⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: uai¹ kou²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: uai khóu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /uai³³⁻²³ kʰou⁵²/

Verb

挖苦

to mock; to ridicule; to have a dig at; to make sarcastic remarks

Synonyms

作弄 (zuònòng)
僝僽 (chánzhòu) (literary)
刺 (literary, or in compounds)
刺溪 (chié-*kă̤) (Eastern Min)
創弄／创弄 (Hokkien)
創景／创景 (Hokkien)
創治／创治 (chhòng-tī) (Hokkien)
剾損／𠛅损 (Hokkien)
剾洗／𠛅洗 (khau-sé) (Hokkien)
剾洗／𠛅洗 (Hokkien)
剾褻／𠛅亵 (Hokkien)
𠢕滾／𠢕滚 (Hokkien)
取樂／取乐 (qǔlè)
取笑 (qǔxiào)
呾笑話／呾笑话 (Teochew)
呾耍笑 (Teochew)
嗤笑 (chīxiào)
嘲弄 (cháonòng)
嘲笑 (cháoxiào)
嘲訕／嘲讪 (cháoshàn)
嘲諷／嘲讽 (cháofěng)
嘲謔／嘲谑 (cháoxuè)
奚落 (xīluò)
尋開心／寻开心 (⁶zhin-khe-shin) (Wu)
巴銳／巴锐 (Hokkien)
恥笑／耻笑 (chǐxiào)
戲弄／戏弄 (xìnòng)
戲謔／戏谑 (xìxuè)
捉弄 (zhuōnòng)
損／损 (sǔn) (colloquial)
撩 (Hakka)
撚化 (nan² faa³) (Cantonese)
撮弄 (cuōnòng) (literary)
擺弄／摆弄
消遣 (xiāoqiǎn)
湊趣／凑趣 (còuqù)
𤊶人 (Hakka)
玩 (colloquial)
玩弄
笑 (xiào)
笑話／笑话 (xiàohuà)
耍 (shuǎ)
耍弄 (shuǎnòng)
耍忽 (sua² huah⁴) (Jin)
落八 (Xiamen Hokkien)
見笑／见笑 (jiànxiào)
訕笑／讪笑 (shànxiào)
詼謔／诙谑 (huīxuè)
說風涼話／说风凉话 (shuō fēngliánghuà)
調笑／调笑 (tiáoxiào)
諦／谛 (dai³) (Cantonese)
諷刺／讽刺 (fěngcì)
謔潲／谑潲 (Hokkien)
謔燒／谑烧 (Hokkien)
講笑／讲笑 (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien)
講耍笑／讲耍笑 (Hokkien)
譏刺／讥刺 (jīcì)
譏嘲／讥嘲 (jīcháo)
譏笑／讥笑 (jīxiào)
譏誚／讥诮 (jīqiào) (literary)
譏諷／讥讽 (jīfěng)
變弄／变弄 (Hokkien)
𧮙 (Wu)
起鬨／起哄 (qǐhòng)
輕體／轻体 (Hokkien)
逗 (dòu)
逗弄
鄙笑 (Hokkien)
酸笑 (Hokkien)
鈍／钝 (Wu)
開心／开心 (kāixīn)
開涮／开涮 (kāishuàn) (colloquial)
開玩笑／开玩笑 (kāi wánxiào)
鬧玩笑／闹玩笑 (nào wánxiào)

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