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niǔ wén
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
a person (normally a child) who is demanding by way of crying; mischievous; not obedient
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Definitions (Wiktionary)
adj, Cantonese
naughty; mischievous
(syn.) 蠻綻, 牛骨, 牛, 跳限, 猴, 懆, 綻頭, 神, 綻皮, 百跳, 刁皮, 百厭, 費勁, 千方兒, 扭計, 勿乖, 跳皮, 壞, 皮臉, 浪綻, 楞蟶, 搞家, 飛耍, 壞賞, 反斗, 犯厭, 厭, 費, 調皮, 匪類, 匪, 韌皮, 皮, 賤, 孽潲, 孱頭, 燦頭, 賤頭, 番, 犯神, 惡, 歹, 跳夾, 星君, 野死, 皮蚩, 綻, 跳鬼, 孬, 淘氣, 頑, 曳, 番綻, 惡教, 賴皮, 歹死, 扭紋, 孽唆, 作孽, 怪孽, 跳塌, 惡蠻, 野, 蠻, 譑蠻, 孽, 殘, 狡怪, 搨皮, 壞鬼, 頑皮, 猴兒, 綻剁頭, 俏皮, 皮面, 牛頭, 蠻皮, 淘, 牛獗, 好耍, 孽死
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
淘氣 – 淘气
調皮 – 调皮
不聽話 – 不听话
胡鬧 – 胡闹
耍脾氣 – 耍脾气
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
Cantonese
横纹刀劈扭纹柴(1995年电影)
橫紋刀劈扭紋柴(1995年電影)
Just Married (1995 comedy film); literally axe for straight grain cutting firewood with crooked grain; metaphor for the conflict between the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law in the film