"挖苦" meaning in Chinese

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Verb

IPA: /wä⁵⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /wä⁵⁵ kʰu²/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /waː⁵⁵ fuː³⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Sinological-IPA], /waːt̚³ fuː³⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Sinological-IPA], /ua³³ kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Quanzhou], /ua⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔ⁵³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou], /uai³³⁻²³ kʰou⁵²/ [Min-Nan, Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /wä⁵⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /wä⁵⁵ kʰu²/, /waː⁵⁵ fuː³⁵/, /waːt̚³ fuː³⁵/, /ua³³ kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴/, /ua⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔ⁵³/, /uai³³⁻²³ kʰou⁵²/ Chinese transliterations: wākǔ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄨㄚ ㄎㄨˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], waa¹ fu² [Cantonese, Jyutping], waat³ fu² [Cantonese, Jyutping], oa-khó͘ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], uai¹ kou² [Min-Nan, Peng'im, Teochew], wākǔ [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], wāku [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard, toneless-final-syllable-variant], ㄨㄚ ㄎㄨˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], ㄨㄚ ˙ㄎㄨ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard, toneless-final-syllable-variant], waků [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], wa¹-kʻu⁵ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], wā-ku [Mandarin, Yale, standard], ua.kuu [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], ваку [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], vaku [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], waa¹ fu² [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], waat³ fu² [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], wā fú [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Yale], waat fú [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Yale], waa¹ fu² [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Pinyin], waat⁸ fu² [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Pinyin], wa¹ fu² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong], wad³ fu² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong], ua-khóo [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], oa'qor [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun], uai khóu [Min-Nan, POJ, Teochew]
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 挖苦
  1. to mock; to ridicule; to have a dig at; to make sarcastic remarks
    Sense id: en-挖苦-zh-verb-h4QzVrXl Categories (other): Mandarin words containing toneless variants Synonyms: 作弄 (zuònòng), 僝僽 (chánzhòu) [literary], [in-compounds, literary], 刺溪 (alt: chié-*kă̤) [Min-Dong], 創弄 [Min-Nan], 创弄 [Min-Nan], 創景 [Min-Nan], 创景 [Min-Nan], 創治 (chhòng-tī) [Min-Nan], 创治 (chhòng-tī) [Min-Nan], 剾損 [Min-Nan], 𠛅损 [Min-Nan], 剾洗 (khau-sé) [Min-Nan], 𠛅洗 (khau-sé) [Min-Nan], 剾洗 [Min-Nan], 𠛅洗 [Min-Nan], 剾褻 [Min-Nan], 𠛅亵 [Min-Nan], 𠢕滾 [Min-Nan], 𠢕滚 [Min-Nan], 取樂 (qǔlè), 取乐 (qǔlè), 取笑 (qǔxiào), 呾笑話 [Teochew], 呾笑话 [Teochew], 呾耍笑 [Teochew], 嗤笑 (chīxiào), 嘲弄 (cháonòng), 嘲笑 (cháoxiào), 嘲訕 (cháoshàn), 嘲讪 (cháoshàn), 嘲諷 (cháofěng), 嘲讽 (cháofěng), 嘲謔 (cháoxuè), 嘲谑 (cháoxuè), 奚落 (xīluò), 尋開心 [Wu], 寻开心 (3xxin-khe-xin) [Wu], 巴銳 [Min-Nan], 巴锐 [Min-Nan], 恥笑 (chǐxiào), 耻笑 (chǐxiào), 戲弄 (xìnòng), 戏弄 (xìnòng), 戲謔 (xìxuè), 戏谑 (xìxuè), 捉弄 (zhuōnòng), (sǔn) [colloquial], (sǔn) [colloquial], [Hakka], 撚化 (nan2 faa3) [Cantonese], 撮弄 (cuōnòng) [literary], 擺弄, 摆弄, 消遣 (xiāoqiǎn), 湊趣 (còuqù), 凑趣 (còuqù), 𤊶人 [Hakka], [colloquial], 玩弄, (xiào), 笑話 (xiàohuà), 笑话 (xiàohuà), (shuǎ), 耍忽 (sua2 huah4) [Jin], 落八 (Amoy), 見笑 (jiànxiào), 见笑 (jiànxiào), 說風涼話 (shuō fēngliánghuà), 说风凉话 (shuō fēngliánghuà), 調笑 (tiáoxiào), 调笑 (tiáoxiào), (dai3) [Cantonese], (dai3) [Cantonese], 諷刺 (fěngcì), 讽刺 (fěngcì), 謔潲 [Min-Nan], 谑潲 [Min-Nan], 謔燒 [Min-Nan], 谑烧 [Min-Nan], 講笑 [Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien], 讲笑 [Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien], 講耍笑 [Min-Nan], 讲耍笑 [Min-Nan], 譏刺 (jīcì), 讥刺 (jīcì), 譏嘲 (jīcháo), 讥嘲 (jīcháo), 譏笑 (jīxiào), 讥笑 (jīxiào), 譏誚 (jīqiào) [literary], 讥诮 (jīqiào) [literary], 譏諷 (jīfěng), 讥讽 (jīfěng), 𧮙 (5zoq) [Wu], 起鬨 (qǐhòng), 起哄 (qǐhòng), 輕體 [Min-Nan], 轻体 [Min-Nan], (dòu), 逗弄, 鄙笑 [Min-Nan], 酸笑 [Min-Nan], [Wu], 钝 (3den) [Wu], 開心 (kāixīn), 开心 (kāixīn), 開涮 (kāishuàn) [colloquial], 开涮 (kāishuàn) [colloquial], 開玩笑 (kāi wánxiào), 开玩笑 (kāi wánxiào), 鬧玩笑 (nào wánxiào), 闹玩笑 (nào wánxiào)

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          "roman": "zuònòng",
          "word": "作弄"
        },
        {
          "roman": "chánzhòu",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "僝僽"
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          "word": "刺溪"
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          "word": "创弄"
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          "tags": [
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          "roman": "chhòng-tī",
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          "word": "創治"
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          "word": "创治"
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          "word": "剾損"
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          "word": "𠛅损"
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          "word": "剾洗"
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        {
          "tags": [
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          "word": "𠛅洗"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan"
          ],
          "word": "剾褻"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan"
          ],
          "word": "𠛅亵"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan"
          ],
          "word": "𠢕滾"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan"
          ],
          "word": "𠢕滚"
        },
        {
          "roman": "qǔlè",
          "word": "取樂"
        },
        {
          "roman": "qǔlè",
          "word": "取乐"
        },
        {
          "roman": "qǔxiào",
          "word": "取笑"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Teochew"
          ],
          "word": "呾笑話"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Teochew"
          ],
          "word": "呾笑话"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Teochew"
          ],
          "word": "呾耍笑"
        },
        {
          "roman": "chīxiào",
          "word": "嗤笑"
        },
        {
          "roman": "cháonòng",
          "word": "嘲弄"
        },
        {
          "roman": "cháoxiào",
          "word": "嘲笑"
        },
        {
          "roman": "cháoshàn",
          "word": "嘲訕"
        },
        {
          "roman": "cháoshàn",
          "word": "嘲讪"
        },
        {
          "roman": "cháofěng",
          "word": "嘲諷"
        },
        {
          "roman": "cháofěng",
          "word": "嘲讽"
        },
        {
          "roman": "cháoxuè",
          "word": "嘲謔"
        },
        {
          "roman": "cháoxuè",
          "word": "嘲谑"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xīluò",
          "word": "奚落"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu"
          ],
          "word": "尋開心"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu"
          ],
          "word": "寻开心 (3xxin-khe-xin)"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan"
          ],
          "word": "巴銳"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan"
          ],
          "word": "巴锐"
        },
        {
          "roman": "chǐxiào",
          "word": "恥笑"
        },
        {
          "roman": "chǐxiào",
          "word": "耻笑"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xìnòng",
          "word": "戲弄"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xìnòng",
          "word": "戏弄"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xìxuè",
          "word": "戲謔"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xìxuè",
          "word": "戏谑"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zhuōnòng",
          "word": "捉弄"
        },
        {
          "roman": "sǔn",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "損"
        },
        {
          "roman": "sǔn",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "损"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka"
          ],
          "word": "撩"
        },
        {
          "roman": "nan2 faa3",
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "撚化"
        },
        {
          "roman": "cuōnòng",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "撮弄"
        },
        {
          "word": "擺弄"
        },
        {
          "word": "摆弄"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xiāoqiǎn",
          "word": "消遣"
        },
        {
          "roman": "còuqù",
          "word": "湊趣"
        },
        {
          "roman": "còuqù",
          "word": "凑趣"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka"
          ],
          "word": "𤊶人"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "玩"
        },
        {
          "word": "玩弄"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xiào",
          "word": "笑"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xiàohuà",
          "word": "笑話"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xiàohuà",
          "word": "笑话"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shuǎ",
          "word": "耍"
        },
        {
          "roman": "sua2 huah4",
          "tags": [
            "Jin"
          ],
          "word": "耍忽"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Amoy",
          "word": "落八"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiànxiào",
          "word": "見笑"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jiànxiào",
          "word": "见笑"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shuō fēngliánghuà",
          "word": "說風涼話"
        },
        {
          "roman": "shuō fēngliánghuà",
          "word": "说风凉话"
        },
        {
          "roman": "tiáoxiào",
          "word": "調笑"
        },
        {
          "roman": "tiáoxiào",
          "word": "调笑"
        },
        {
          "roman": "dai3",
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "諦"
        },
        {
          "roman": "dai3",
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "谛"
        },
        {
          "roman": "fěngcì",
          "word": "諷刺"
        },
        {
          "roman": "fěngcì",
          "word": "讽刺"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan"
          ],
          "word": "謔潲"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan"
          ],
          "word": "谑潲"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan"
          ],
          "word": "謔燒"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan"
          ],
          "word": "谑烧"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Hakka",
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "講笑"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Hakka",
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "讲笑"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan"
          ],
          "word": "講耍笑"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan"
          ],
          "word": "讲耍笑"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jīcì",
          "word": "譏刺"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jīcì",
          "word": "讥刺"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jīcháo",
          "word": "譏嘲"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jīcháo",
          "word": "讥嘲"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jīxiào",
          "word": "譏笑"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jīxiào",
          "word": "讥笑"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jīqiào",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "譏誚"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jīqiào",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "讥诮"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jīfěng",
          "word": "譏諷"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jīfěng",
          "word": "讥讽"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu"
          ],
          "word": "𧮙 (5zoq)"
        },
        {
          "roman": "qǐhòng",
          "word": "起鬨"
        },
        {
          "roman": "qǐhòng",
          "word": "起哄"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan"
          ],
          "word": "輕體"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan"
          ],
          "word": "轻体"
        },
        {
          "roman": "dòu",
          "word": "逗"
        },
        {
          "word": "逗弄"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan"
          ],
          "word": "鄙笑"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Min-Nan"
          ],
          "word": "酸笑"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu"
          ],
          "word": "鈍"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu"
          ],
          "word": "钝 (3den)"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kāixīn",
          "word": "開心"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kāixīn",
          "word": "开心"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kāishuàn",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "開涮"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kāishuàn",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "开涮"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kāi wánxiào",
          "word": "開玩笑"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kāi wánxiào",
          "word": "开玩笑"
        },
        {
          "roman": "nào wánxiào",
          "word": "鬧玩笑"
        },
        {
          "roman": "nào wánxiào",
          "word": "闹玩笑"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wākǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄚ ㄎㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waa¹ fu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waat³ fu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "oa-khó͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "uai¹ kou²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wākǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wāku"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄚ ㄎㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄚ ˙ㄎㄨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waků"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wa¹-kʻu⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wā-ku"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ua.kuu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ваку"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vaku"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wä⁵⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": " /wä⁵⁵ kʰu²/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waa¹ fu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waat³ fu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wā fú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waat fú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waa¹ fu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waat⁸ fu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wa¹ fu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wad³ fu²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/waː⁵⁵ fuː³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/waːt̚³ fuː³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ua-khóo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "oa'qor"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ua³³ kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ua⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "uai khóu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/uai³³⁻²³ kʰou⁵²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wä⁵⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wä⁵⁵ kʰu²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/waː⁵⁵ fuː³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/waːt̚³ fuː³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ua³³ kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ua⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔ⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/uai³³⁻²³ kʰou⁵²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "挖苦"
}
{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "挖苦",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese verbs",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Chinese verbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin verbs",
        "Mandarin words containing toneless variants",
        "Min Nan lemmas",
        "Min Nan verbs",
        "Teochew lemmas",
        "Teochew verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to mock; to ridicule; to have a dig at; to make sarcastic remarks"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mock",
          "mock"
        ],
        [
          "ridicule",
          "ridicule"
        ],
        [
          "dig",
          "dig"
        ],
        [
          "sarcastic",
          "sarcastic"
        ],
        [
          "remark",
          "remark"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wākǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄚ ㄎㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waa¹ fu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waat³ fu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "oa-khó͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "uai¹ kou²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wākǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wāku"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄚ ㄎㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard",
        "toneless-final-syllable-variant"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄚ ˙ㄎㄨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waků"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wa¹-kʻu⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wā-ku"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ua.kuu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ваку"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vaku"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wä⁵⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": " /wä⁵⁵ kʰu²/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waa¹ fu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waat³ fu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wā fú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waat fú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waa¹ fu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waat⁸ fu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wa¹ fu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wad³ fu²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/waː⁵⁵ fuː³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/waːt̚³ fuː³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ua-khóo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "oa'qor"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ua³³ kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ua⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "uai khóu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/uai³³⁻²³ kʰou⁵²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wä⁵⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wä⁵⁵ kʰu²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/waː⁵⁵ fuː³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/waːt̚³ fuː³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ua³³ kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ua⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔ⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/uai³³⁻²³ kʰou⁵²/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "zuònòng",
      "word": "作弄"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chánzhòu",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "僝僽"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "in-compounds",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "刺"
    },
    {
      "alt": "chié-*kă̤",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Dong"
      ],
      "word": "刺溪"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "創弄"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "创弄"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "創景"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "创景"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chhòng-tī",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "創治"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chhòng-tī",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "创治"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "剾損"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "𠛅损"
    },
    {
      "roman": "khau-sé",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "剾洗"
    },
    {
      "roman": "khau-sé",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "𠛅洗"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "剾洗"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "𠛅洗"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "剾褻"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "𠛅亵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "𠢕滾"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "𠢕滚"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qǔlè",
      "word": "取樂"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qǔlè",
      "word": "取乐"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qǔxiào",
      "word": "取笑"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "word": "呾笑話"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "word": "呾笑话"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "word": "呾耍笑"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chīxiào",
      "word": "嗤笑"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cháonòng",
      "word": "嘲弄"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cháoxiào",
      "word": "嘲笑"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cháoshàn",
      "word": "嘲訕"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cháoshàn",
      "word": "嘲讪"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cháofěng",
      "word": "嘲諷"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cháofěng",
      "word": "嘲讽"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cháoxuè",
      "word": "嘲謔"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cháoxuè",
      "word": "嘲谑"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xīluò",
      "word": "奚落"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "尋開心"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "寻开心 (3xxin-khe-xin)"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "巴銳"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "巴锐"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chǐxiào",
      "word": "恥笑"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chǐxiào",
      "word": "耻笑"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xìnòng",
      "word": "戲弄"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xìnòng",
      "word": "戏弄"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xìxuè",
      "word": "戲謔"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xìxuè",
      "word": "戏谑"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhuōnòng",
      "word": "捉弄"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sǔn",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "損"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sǔn",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "损"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "撩"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nan2 faa3",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "撚化"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cuōnòng",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "撮弄"
    },
    {
      "word": "擺弄"
    },
    {
      "word": "摆弄"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiāoqiǎn",
      "word": "消遣"
    },
    {
      "roman": "còuqù",
      "word": "湊趣"
    },
    {
      "roman": "còuqù",
      "word": "凑趣"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "word": "𤊶人"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "玩"
    },
    {
      "word": "玩弄"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiào",
      "word": "笑"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiàohuà",
      "word": "笑話"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiàohuà",
      "word": "笑话"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shuǎ",
      "word": "耍"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sua2 huah4",
      "tags": [
        "Jin"
      ],
      "word": "耍忽"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Amoy",
      "word": "落八"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiànxiào",
      "word": "見笑"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jiànxiào",
      "word": "见笑"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shuō fēngliánghuà",
      "word": "說風涼話"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shuō fēngliánghuà",
      "word": "说风凉话"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tiáoxiào",
      "word": "調笑"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tiáoxiào",
      "word": "调笑"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dai3",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "諦"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dai3",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "谛"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fěngcì",
      "word": "諷刺"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fěngcì",
      "word": "讽刺"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "謔潲"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "谑潲"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "謔燒"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "谑烧"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hakka",
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "講笑"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hakka",
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "讲笑"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "講耍笑"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "讲耍笑"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jīcì",
      "word": "譏刺"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jīcì",
      "word": "讥刺"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jīcháo",
      "word": "譏嘲"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jīcháo",
      "word": "讥嘲"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jīxiào",
      "word": "譏笑"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jīxiào",
      "word": "讥笑"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jīqiào",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "譏誚"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jīqiào",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "讥诮"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jīfěng",
      "word": "譏諷"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jīfěng",
      "word": "讥讽"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "𧮙 (5zoq)"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qǐhòng",
      "word": "起鬨"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qǐhòng",
      "word": "起哄"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "輕體"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "轻体"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dòu",
      "word": "逗"
    },
    {
      "word": "逗弄"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "鄙笑"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan"
      ],
      "word": "酸笑"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "鈍"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "钝 (3den)"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kāixīn",
      "word": "開心"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kāixīn",
      "word": "开心"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kāishuàn",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "開涮"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kāishuàn",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "开涮"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kāi wánxiào",
      "word": "開玩笑"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kāi wánxiào",
      "word": "开玩笑"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nào wánxiào",
      "word": "鬧玩笑"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nào wánxiào",
      "word": "闹玩笑"
    }
  ],
  "word": "挖苦"
}

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