刁 — Chinese character
刁
diāo
tricky, sly, crafty, cunning
- Pinyin
- diāo
- Radical
- 18 ⼑ (Knife)
- Strokes
- 2
Common words with 刁
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 刁难 (刁難) | diāo nàn | to be hard on sb; to deliberately make things difficult; Taiwan pr. [diao1nan2] |
| 刁蛮 (刁蠻) | diāo mán | crafty and unruly |
| 刁钻 (刁鑽) | diāo zuān | crafty; tricky |
| 刁民 | diāo mín | (derogatory) unruly people |
| 百般刁难 (百般刁難) | bǎi bān diāo nàn | (idiom) to put up innumerable obstacles; to create all kinds of difficulties |
| 刁斗 | diāo dǒu | soldier's copper saucepan, used for cooking food by day and for sounding the night watches during the hours of darkness (in ancient times) |
| 刁妇 (刁婦) | diāo fù | shrew; virago |
| 刁悍 | diāo hàn | cunning and fierce |
| 刁滑 | diāo huá | artful; crafty |
| 放刁 | fàng diāo | to act wickedly; to bully |
| 石刁柏 | shí diāo bǎi | asparagus |
English words written with 刁
刁 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 2
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