刁 (diāo): artful, wicked
刁 (diāo) is a Chinese character meaning “artful.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), with radical 刂 (knife). It ranks #2947 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- artful
- wicked
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 刁难verb | diāo nàn | to be hard on sb |
| 刁钻adjective | diāo zuān | crafty |
| 刁民noun | diāo mín | (derogatory) unruly people |
| 百般刁难phrase | bǎi bān diāo nàn | (idiom) to put up innumerable obstacles |
| 放刁verb | fàng diāo | to act wickedly |
| 石刁柏noun | shí diāo bǎi | asparagus |
| 刁斗 | diāo dǒu | soldier's copper saucepan, used for cooking food by day and for sounding the night watches during the hours of darkne... |
| 刁妇 | diāo fù | shrew |
| 刁滑noun | diāo huá | artful |
| 刁悍 | diāo hàn | cunning and fierce |
| 刁蛮adjective | diāo mán | crafty and unruly |
刁 appears in 11 compound words: 73 as the first character, 9 as the last, and 18 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 刁 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
刁字在不同的语境中有不同的用法。
diāo zì zài bù tóng de yǔ jìng zhōng yǒu bù tóng de yòng fǎ .
The character "刁" has different usages in different contexts.
专家研讨《刁蛮公主戆驸马》 探寻粤剧电影传承发展之路
zhuān jiā yán tǎo diāo mán gōng zhǔ 戆 驸 mǎ tàn xún yuè jù diàn yǐng chuán chéng fā zhǎn zhī lù
Experts Discuss *The Wayward Princess and the Clumsy Prince* to Explore Paths for the Preservation and Development of Cantonese Opera Films
粤剧电影《刁蛮公主戆驸马》在广州首映
yuè jù diàn yǐng diāo mán gōng zhǔ 戆 驸 mǎ zài guǎng zhōu shǒu yìng
The Cantonese Opera Film *The Willful Princess and the Clumsy Prince* Premiered in Guangzhou
当一种音乐里的技巧太过刁钻，就会让专业人士钻得忘我。
dāng yī zhǒng yīn lè lǐ de jì qiǎo tài guò diāo zuān , jiù huì ràng zhuān yè rén shì zuān dé wàng wǒ .
When a musical technique is too intricate, it can captivate even professionals to the point of losing themselves in it.
怀孕待产交接被刁难 女秘书气炸放火烧店赔百万换和解
huái yùn dài chǎn jiāo jiē bèi diāo nán nǚ mì shū qì zhà fàng huǒ shāo diàn péi bǎi wàn huàn hé jiě
Pregnant Secretary Faces Harassment During Handover; Enraged, She Sets Fire to Store, Pays $1 Million to Settle
游欧吃素很难搞?奥客刁难导游被骂翻 达人曝:“这几国”素食超友...
yóu ōu chī sù hěn nán gǎo ? ào kè diāo nán dǎo yóu bèi mà fān dá rén pù : zhè jī guó sù shí chāo yǒu . . .
Is it difficult to travel to Europe and be a vegetarian? The tour guide was scolded and revealed: "These countries" vegetarian super friends...
澳洲的考试方式并不是为了刁难受测者。
àozhōu de kǎoshì fāngshì bìngbù shì wèile diāonàn shòu cè zhě.
The method used for tests in Australia is not meant to be difficult for the people sitting them.
Character Family
Frequently Asked Questions
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