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油滑

油滑

Chinese

		oil; sly	comical; cunning; slippery comical; cunning; slippery; smooth
simp. and trad. (油滑)		油	滑

Adjective

油滑

oily; greasy
slippery (of a character)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): yóuhuá

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ ㄏㄨㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ waat⁶
Min Nan (POJ): iû-ku̍t

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: yóuhuá
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ ㄏㄨㄚˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: youhwa
  - IPA ^(key): /i̯oʊ̯³⁵ xu̯a̠³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jau⁴ waat⁶
  - Yale: yàuh waaht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ waat⁹
  - IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ wɑːt̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû-ku̍t
  - Tâi-lô: iû-ku̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iu'kut
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iu²⁴⁻²² kut̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iu²⁴⁻²² kut̚⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu¹³⁻²² kut̚¹²¹/