Usage of the character 刁
Diāo
刁
[刁]
- surname Diao
diāo
刁
[刁]
- artful
- wicked
diāohuá
刁滑
[刁滑]
- artful
- crafty
diāofù
刁妇
[刁婦]
- shrew
- virago
fàngdiāo
放刁
[放刁]
- to act wickedly
- to bully
- to make life difficult for sb by unreasonable actions
diāodǒu
刁斗
[刁斗]
- soldier's copper saucepan, used for cooking food by day and for sounding the night watches during the hours of darkness (in ancient times)
diāomán
刁蛮
[刁蠻]
- crafty and unruly
diāonàn
刁难
[刁難]
- to be hard on sb; to deliberately make things difficult
- Taiwan pr. (diāonān)
diāozuān
刁钻
[刁鑽]
- crafty
- tricky
diāomín
刁民
[刁民]
- (derogatory) unruly people
diāohàn
刁悍
[刁悍]
- cunning and fierce
shídiāobǎi
石刁柏
[石刁柏]
- asparagus
bǎibāndiāonàn
百般刁难
[百般刁難]
- (idiom) to put up innumerable obstacles; to create all kinds of difficulties