CRAFTY 狡滑狡
WICKEDLY INTELLIGENT AND TENDENCY:tending to DECEIVE.
CUNNINGWILYGUILEFULARTFULDEVIOUSSLYTRICKYSCHEMINGCALCULATINGDESIGNINGSHARPSHREWDASTUTECANNYDUPLICITOUSDISHONESTDECEITFULFOXY
Antonym
- FRANKEARNEST AND NOT CONCEALING what one FEELS OR BELIEVES.
Hypernym
- INTELLIGENTSKILLFUL IN-RELATION-TO UNDERSTANDING and DECIDING.
See also
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The most general word for craftiness as a negative quality is zhì 智, although very confusingly, this word can also refer to positive wisdom as a virtue.
2. Jiǎo 狡 and huá 猾 (ant. dūn 敦 "obtuse" and perhaps dǔ 篤 "trusty but inept").
3. Qiǎo 巧 (ant. zhuó 拙 "inept") is very common and emphasises the element of skill involved.
2. Jiǎo 狡 and huá 猾 (ant. dūn 敦 "obtuse" and perhaps dǔ 篤 "trusty but inept").
3. Qiǎo 巧 (ant. zhuó 拙 "inept") is very common and emphasises the element of skill involved.
Modern Chinese Criteria
狡猾
狡獪
狡黠
奸猾
奸邪
奸佞
刁滑
刁鑽
刁悍
刁頑
奸詐
狙詐
狡詐
權詐
譎詐
詭詐
詭譎
詐故
佻巧
刁 diāo is to to be devious.
奸
別有用心
居心不良
口是心非
外陋內險
老奸巨滑
詭計多端
狡兔三窟
rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
狡獪
狡黠
奸猾
奸邪
奸佞
刁滑
刁鑽
刁悍
刁頑
奸詐
狙詐
狡詐
權詐
譎詐
詭詐
詭譎
詐故
佻巧
刁 diāo is to to be devious.
奸
別有用心
居心不良
口是心非
外陋內險
老奸巨滑
詭計多端
狡兔三窟
rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
- Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien
(
DOEDERLEIN 1840)
p.
CLEVER
astutus and solers refer to cleverness in the invention and execution of a secret project.
callidus refers to sharp-sightedness in judging a complicated question on the basis of broad knowledge.
vafer refers to cunning shrewdness on points of technical proficiency in difficult legal questions.
versutus refers to immoral cunning in the execution of technical difficult things.
- Novyj objasnitel'nyj Slovar' Sinonimov Russkogo Jazyka
(
APRESJAN 2004)
p.
1237 - SYNONYMES FRANÇOIS, LEURS DIFFÉRENTES SIGNIFICATIONS, ET LE CHOIX QU'IL EN FAUT FAIRE Pour parler avec justesse
(
GIRARD 1769)
p.
2.373:251 FINESSE.RUSE.ASTUCE.PERFIDIE
- SYNONYMES FRANÇOIS, LEURS DIFFÉRENTES SIGNIFICATIONS, ET LE CHOIX QU'IL EN FAUT FAIRE Pour parler avec justesse
(
GIRARD 1769)
p.
1.6:6 ADDRESSE.SOUPLESSE.FINESSE.RUSE.ARTIFICE
Words
巧 qiǎo OC: khruuʔ MC: khɣɛu 20 AttributionsWD
Qiǎo 巧 (ant. zhuó 拙 "inept") is very common and emphasises the element of skill involved.
- Word relations
- Ant: 仁/BENEVOLENCE
Rén 仁 (ant. cán 殘 "cruel" and perhaps ant.* rěn 忍 "be callous, unfeeling") which refers to kind-heartedness and deep human sensibility as a constitutive feature of man as a moral being, is the standard word since Confucius. [ETHICAL], [HIGH-DEGREE] - Contrast: 智 / 知/INTELLIGENT
The most general word for native ability to understand is zhī 知 (ant. wú zhī 無知 "lack the ability to understand"), but the word ranges in meaning from spiritual wisdom to technical competence. - Assoc: 佞/FLATTER
Nìng 佞 refers to rhetorically skilful sycophancy, and very often the meanings "rhetorically skilful" and "sycophantic" are hard to distinguish in context. - Assoc: 技/SKILLFUL
Jì 技 (ant. zhuó 拙 "incompetent") refers to a basic technical skill of no special distinction, and the word is almost always nominal. - Assoc: 智/CRAFTY
The most general word for craftiness as a negative quality is zhì 智, although very confusingly, this word can also refer to positive wisdom as a virtue. - Assoc: 機/CRAFTY
- Assoc: 邪/WICKED
Xié 邪 (ant. zhèng 正 "straight and in no way wicked") typically involves nuances of sinister evil influences in addition to plain human depravity. - Synon: 智/CRAFTY
The most general word for craftiness as a negative quality is zhì 智, although very confusingly, this word can also refer to positive wisdom as a virtue. - Synon: 智 / 知/INTELLIGENT
The most general word for native ability to understand is zhī 知 (ant. wú zhī 無知 "lack the ability to understand"), but the word ranges in meaning from spiritual wisdom to technical competence.
- Syntactic words
- nabactguile; artful conduct, devious action
- nabfeatureguile; artfulness
- v[adN]nonreferentialthe crafty
- vadNcrafty, wickedly shrewd, wily
- vadNsuperficially crafty, pointlessly skillfulCH
- vadNartfulCH
- vadVguilefully; craftily
- vibe guileful, and shrewd
- vtoNcausativecause to be guileful or crafty, cause to be excessively clever
智 zhì OC: tes MC: ʈiɛ 13 AttributionsWD
The most general word for craftiness as a negative quality is zhì 智, although very confusingly, this word can also refer to positive wisdom as a virtue.
- Word relations
- Contrast: 強 / 強/STRONG
The current general word for the temporary state of strength, physical or political, are qiáng 強 (ant. ruò 弱 "weak"). - Assoc: 姦/WICKED
Jiān 姦 (ant. liáng 良 "of the good sort, decent") refers to sheer human depravity and moral incompetence with no supernatural or sinister overtones. - Assoc: 巧/CRAFTY
Qiǎo 巧 (ant. zhuó 拙 "inept") is very common and emphasises the element of skill involved. - Synon: 巧/CRAFTY
Qiǎo 巧 (ant. zhuó 拙 "inept") is very common and emphasises the element of skill involved.
- Syntactic words
- nabdispositionnegative: craftiness; leaned cleverness; intellectual prowess; shrewdness
- v[adN]nonreferentialthe shrewd and clever
- vadNshrewd, clever
- vinegatively be wily, shrewd, clever
狡 jiǎo OC: kreewʔ MC: kɣɛu 11 AttributionsWD
Jiǎo 狡 and huá 猾 (ant. dūn 敦 "obtuse" and perhaps dǔ 篤 "trusty but inept").
- Syntactic words
- v[adN]swindler; those who are wily
- vadNnimble; wily
- vichangegrow wily; become wily
猾 huá OC: ɡruud MC: ɦɣɛt 4 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- v[adN]those who are crafty
- vadNslimy, crafty, cunning
- vadVcraftily; cunningly
- vicrafty, cunning
奇 qí MC: -- OC: ɡral 2 AttributionsWD
- Word relations
- Ant: 正/STRAIGHT
Zhèng 正 (ant. qǔ 曲 "bent") refers to straightness as the desirable state of something. - Ant: 正/STRAIGHT
Zhèng 正 (ant. qǔ 曲 "bent") refers to straightness as the desirable state of something.
- Syntactic words
- nabactcrafty tricks, indirect stratagems
機 jī OC: kɯl MC: kɨi 2 AttributionsWD
- Word relations
- Assoc: 巧/CRAFTY
Qiǎo 巧 (ant. zhuó 拙 "inept") is very common and emphasises the element of skill involved.
- Syntactic words
- nabdispositioncraftiness
- nadNcontrived and crafty
故 gù OC: kaas MC: kuo̝ 2 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- nabdispositioncraftiness
智者 zhì zhě MC: trjeH tsyaeX OC: tes kljaʔCH 2 AttributionsWD
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- NPnonreferentialthe crafty people; the intellectualsCH
黠 xiá OC: ɡriid MC: ɦɣɛt 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- vibe (superficially) quick and clever
巧 qiǎo OC: khruuʔ MC: khɣɛu 1 AttributionWD
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- NPabactunderhand tricks
奸巧 gān qiǎo OC: kaan khruuʔ MC: kɑn khɣɛu 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- NPabdispositioncraftiness of any kind
巧故 qiǎo gù OC: khruuʔ kaas MC: khɣɛu kuo̝ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- NPabactcraftiness; deceitfulness
淫巧 yín qiǎo OC: lɯm khruuʔ MC: jim khɣɛu 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- NP[adN]works of excessive or indulgent craftsmanship
智 zhì OC: tes MC: ʈiɛ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- NPnonreferentialthe clever and the shrewd
智 zhì 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- nab(.post-N)the craftiness of the contextually determinate NCH
躁 zào MC: -- OC: tsaawsLZ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- vi(= jiao3 劋) cunningLZ
狡猾 jiǎo huá MC: kaewX hweat OC: kreewʔ ɡruudLZ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPicunningLZ
獪 kuài OC: kloobs MC: kɑi 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- vipost-Han: nimble
智巧 zhì qiǎo OC: tes khruuʔ MC: ʈiɛ khɣɛu 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- NPabpsychcraftiness
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