耍滑頭

Chinese

		play with; to juggle	slippery; shifty; slick slippery; shifty; slick; slippery fellow; sly customer
trad. (耍滑頭)		耍	滑頭
simp. (耍滑头)		耍	滑头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shuǎ huátóu

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄚˇ ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): saa² waat⁶ tau⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shuǎ huátóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄚˇ ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄊㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shuǎ huátóu
  - Wade–Giles: shua³ hua²-tʻou²
  - Yale: shwǎ hwá-tóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoa hwatour
  - Palladius: шуа хуатоу (šua xuatou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯ä³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: saa² waat⁶ tau⁴
  - Yale: sá waaht tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: saa² waat⁹ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sa² wad⁶ teo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /saː³⁵ waːt̚² tʰɐu̯²¹/

Verb

耍滑頭

to try to shirk work or responsibility; to act in a slick way

Synonyms

使仙公 (Xiamen Hokkien)
耍奸 (shuǎjiān)
耍滑 (shuǎhuá)
藏姦／藏奸 (cángjiān) (regional)

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