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Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. crafty
  2. tricky
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 形容詞
    好難​,​需要​嘅​技巧​好多
    tricky; difficult
    • 呢條問題好刁鑽。
      呢条问题好刁钻。
      ni1 tiu4 man6 tai4 hou2 diu1 zyun3.
      This question is very tricky.
    • 呢球波射夠刁鑽。
      呢球波射够刁钻。
      ni1 kau4 bo1 se6 gau3 diu1 zyun3.
      This is a tricky shot.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adj, literary
    out of the ordinary; extraordinary
    (syn.) 不凡
  2. adj
    treacherous; tricky; wily; cunning; devious; artful; crafty
    (syn.) 奸宄, 奸诈, 狡黠, 狡猾, 狡鬼, 阴险, 𪢮泛, 奸險, 奸巧, 刁滑, 狡怪, 刁顽, 狡诈, 調皮, 陰濕, 世故, 圆滑, 狡獪, 调皮, 頑惡, 顽恶, 即世, 刁頑, 刁, 圓泛, 奸刁, 滑头, 诡诈, 奸猾, 油滑, 圞泛, 滑頭, 奸险, 陰險, 狡詐, 圆泛, 狡狯, 圓滑, 詭詐, 滑, 姦刁, 姦詐
  3. adj, literary
    eccentric; odd; strange
    (syn.) 各鱉, 龟怪, 各鳖, 怪死, 奇異, 怪僻, 怪奇, 龜怪, 日怪, 稀奇, 詭異, 离奇, 巧怪, 趣怪, 蹊蹺, 奇怪, 诡异, 蹊跷, 怪异, 巧奇, 奇异, 有空, 離奇, 古怪, 怪異, 奇幻, 奇巧
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    咁刁钻嘅问题都避得开,佢都有返两道散手呀吓。
    咁刁鑽嘅問題都避得開,佢都有返兩道散手呀吓。
    gam3 diu1 zyun3 ge3 man6 tai4 dou1 bei6 dak1 hoi1, keoi5 dou1 jau5 faan1 loeng5 dou6 saan2 sau2 aa6 haa2.
    • She managed to sidestep the tricky question. She seems somewhat skillful.
  2. Cantonese
    呢条问题好刁钻。
    呢條問題好刁鑽。
    ni1 tiu4 man6 tai4 hou2 diu1 zyun3.
    • This question is very tricky.
  3. Cantonese
    呢球波射够刁钻。
    呢球波射夠刁鑽。
    ni1 kau4 bo1 se6 gau3 diu1 zyun3.
    • This is a tricky shot.