狡猾 meaning in English

jiǎohuá

crafty; cunning; sly

HSK 7-9adjective21 strokes

Meaning of 狡猾

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

jiǎohuá
  1. crafty; cunning; sly

狡猾 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

人rén们men说shuō,狐hú狸lí比bǐ其qí他tā动dòng物wù要yào狡jiǎo猾huá。
People say that the fox is more cunning than other animals.
德dé国guó人rén很hěn狡jiǎo猾huá。
The Germans are very crafty.
你nǐ真zhēn狡jiǎo猾huá。
You're a clever one.

Stroke order for each character

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狡 jiǎo · cunning · 9 strokes

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猾 huá · crafty · 12 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 狡猾.

狡辩jiǎobiànto deflect blame from oneself with a dishonest story; to make excuses
狡诈jiǎozhàcrafty; cunning

Questions about 狡猾

What does 狡猾 mean?

狡猾 (jiǎohuá) means "crafty; cunning; sly" and is used as a adjective.

How do you write 狡猾?

狡猾 is made of 2 characters: 狡 (9 strokes), 猾 (12 strokes). That is 21 strokes in total.

Is 狡猾 an HSK word?

Yes. 狡猾 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.