挖苦

Chinese

		to dig; to excavate; to scoop out	bitter; intensely; miserable bitter; intensely; miserable; painful
trad. (挖苦)		挖	苦
simp. ^#(挖苦)		挖	苦

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wākǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄚㄎㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): waa¹ fu², waat³ fu²
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): oa-khó͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): uai¹ kou²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wākǔ → wāku (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄚㄎㄨˇ → ㄨㄚ ˙ㄎㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: waků
  - Wade–Giles: wa¹-kʻu⁵
  - Yale: wā-ku
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ua.kuu
  - Palladius: ваку (vaku)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wä⁵⁵ kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /wä⁵⁵ kʰu²/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: waa¹ fu², waat³ fu²
  - Yale: wā fú, waat fú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waa¹ fu², waat⁸ fu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: wa¹ fu², wad³ fu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /waː⁵⁵ fuː³⁵/, /waːt̚³ fuː³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oa-khó͘
  - Tâi-lô: ua-khóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oa'qor
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ua³³ kʰɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ua⁴⁴⁻²² kʰɔ⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: uai¹ kou²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: uai khóu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /uai³³⁻²³ kʰou⁵²/

Verb

挖苦

to mock; to ridicule; to have a dig at; to make sarcastic remarks

Synonyms

Synonyms of 挖苦

剾褻／𠛅亵 (Min Nan)
取樂／取乐 (qǔlè)
呾笑話／呾笑话 (Teochew)
嘲諷／嘲讽 (cháofěng)
嘲謔／嘲谑 (cháoxuè)
巴銳／巴锐 (Min Nan)
恥笑／耻笑 (chǐxiào)
戲弄／戏弄 (xìnòng)
戲謔／戏谑 (xìxuè)
損／损 (sǔn) (colloquial)
擺弄／摆弄 (bǎinòng)
湊趣／凑趣 (còuqù)
笑話／笑话 (xiàohuà)
見笑／见笑 (jiànxiào)
調笑／调笑 (tiáoxiào)
諷刺／讽刺 (fěngcì)
謔潲／谑潲 (Min Nan)
謔燒／谑烧 (Min Nan)
講笑／讲笑 (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien)
講耍笑／讲耍笑 (Min Nan)
譏刺／讥刺 (jīcì)
譏嘲／讥嘲 (jīcháo)
譏笑／讥笑 (jīxiào)
譏誚／讥诮 (jīqiào) (literary)
譏諷／讥讽 (jīfěng)
起鬨／起哄 (qǐhòng)
輕體／轻体 (Min Nan)
開心／开心 (kāixīn)
開涮／开涮 (kāishuàn) (colloquial)
開玩笑／开玩笑 (kāi wánxiào)
鬧玩笑／闹玩笑 (nào wánxiào)
𠢕滾／𠢕滚 (Min Nan)

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