淘氣

淘氣

See also: 淘气

Chinese

		cleanse; eliminate; to clean out cleanse; eliminate; to clean out; to wash	gas; air; smell gas; air; smell; weather; vital breath; to make sb. angry; to get angry; to be enraged
trad. (淘氣)		淘	氣
simp. (淘气)		淘	气

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): táoqì

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄠˊ ㄑㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴ hei³
• Min Nan (POJ): tô͘-khì / tô-khì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: táoqì
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄠˊ ㄑㄧˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taurchih
    • Tongyong Pinyin: táocì
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
    • Jyutping: tou⁴ hei³
    • Yale: tòuh hei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴ hei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴ héi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹ hei̯³³/
    • Homophones:

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tô͘-khì
    • Tâi-lô: tôo-khì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: do'qix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔ²⁴⁻²² kʰi⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tô-khì
    • Tâi-lô: tô-khì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doi'qix
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /to¹³⁻²² kʰi²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /to²⁴⁻²² kʰi²¹/

Adjective

淘氣

1. (colloquial) naughty; mischievous

   你這麼淘氣，媽媽不擔心才怪！ [MSC, trad.]
   你这么淘气，妈妈不担心才怪！ [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ zhème táoqì, māma bù dānxīn cáiguài! [Pinyin]

   You are such a naughty kid. It'd be surprising if your mum were not worried.

Verb

淘氣

1. (dialectal) to get angry

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 頑皮 (“naughty”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		調皮, 頑皮
Mandarin	Beijing	皮, 淘氣, 淘, 猴
	Taiwan	皮, 調皮, 頑皮, 淘氣
	Jinan	調皮, 皮, 淘
	Xi'an	匪, 淘氣, 俏皮, 皮
	Wuhan	神, 調皮, 淘氣
	Chengdu	淘氣, 費, 千方兒
	Yangzhou	調皮, 皮
	Hefei	調皮, 皮, 頑皮
Cantonese	Guangzhou	跳皮, 百厭, 韌皮, 曳
	Hong Kong	跳皮, 百厭, 韌皮, 曳
	Yangjiang	跳皮, 蠻皮
Gan	Nanchang	調皮, 頑皮
Hakka	Meixian	蠻皮, 蠻, 番綻
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	番綻, 蠻皮, 綻頭, 孱頭, 牛, 調皮
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	殘, 牛, 調皮
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	番綻, 蠻綻, 綻, 綻頭, 孱頭, 牛, 調皮
	Dongshi (Dabu)	番綻, 綻頭, 牛, 調皮
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	番綻, 綻頭, 綻剁頭, 牛, 調皮
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	番, 狡怪, 賤頭, 牛頭, 牛獗, 牛
Jin	Taiyuan	頑皮
Min Bei	Jian'ou	刁皮, 韌皮
Min Dong	Fuzhou	刁皮
Min Nan	Xiamen	孽, 跳鬼, 刁皮, 跳限, 跳塌
	Quanzhou	孽, 跳鬼
	Zhangzhou	孽
	Taipei	皮, 狡怪
	Chaozhou	燦頭
Wu	Suzhou	皮, 調皮, 厭
	Wenzhou	調皮, 皮, 皮蚩, 蠻, 惡
Xiang	Changsha	跳皮, 跳夾
	Shuangfeng	跳皮, 頑皮