CRAFTY    狡滑狡

WICKEDLY INTELLIGENT AND TENDENCY:tending to DECEIVE.
CUNNINGWILYGUILEFULARTFULDEVIOUSSLYTRICKYSCHEMINGCALCULATINGDESIGNINGSHARPSHREWDASTUTECANNYDUPLICITOUSDISHONESTDECEITFULFOXY
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The most general word for craftiness as a negative quality is zhì 智, although very confusingly, this word can also refer to positive wisdom as a virtue. 2. Jiǎo 狡 and huá 猾 (ant. dūn 敦 "obtuse" and perhaps dǔ 篤 "trusty but inept"). 3. Qiǎo 巧 (ant. zhuó 拙 "inept") is very common and emphasises the element of skill involved.
Modern Chinese Criteria
狡猾 狡獪 狡黠 奸猾 奸邪 奸佞 刁滑 刁鑽 刁悍 刁頑 奸詐 狙詐 狡詐 權詐 譎詐 詭詐 詭譎 詐故 佻巧 刁 diāo is to to be devious. 奸 別有用心 居心不良 口是心非 外陋內險 老奸巨滑 詭計多端 狡兔三窟 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Antonym
  • FRANKEARNEST AND NOT CONCEALING what one FEELS OR BELIEVES.
See also
  • SKILLFULABLE to ACT:do something BECAUSE one has LEARNT NECESSARY METHODS. 
  • SHREWDWICKEDLY AND SELFISHLY INTELLIGENT. See CRAFTY
Hypernym
  • WICKED　MORALLY BAD. (anc: 5/0, child: 6)
  • BAD　The FEATURE of being NOT EXCELLENT OR GOOD. (anc: 4/0, child: 3)
  • FEATURE　ABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE. (anc: 3/0, child: 19)
Other Hypernyms
  • INTELLIGENT　SKILLFUL IN-RELATION-TO UNDERSTANDING and DECIDING. (anc: 8/0, child: 7)
  • SKILLFUL　ABLE to ACT:do something BECAUSE one has LEARNT NECESSARY METHODS.  (anc: 7/0, child: 6)
  • ABLE　HAVE FEATURES one NEEDS in SELF:oneself FOR ACHIEVING something. (anc: 6/0, child: 16)
  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    CLEVER

    astutus and solers refer to cleverness in the invention and execution of a secret project.

    callidus refers to sharp-sightedness in judging a complicated question on the basis of broad knowledge.

    vafer refers to cunning shrewdness on points of technical proficiency in difficult legal questions.

    versutus refers to immoral cunning in the execution of technical difficult things.

  • Novyj objasnitel'nyj Slovar' Sinonimov Russkogo Jazyka ( APRESJAN 2004) p. 1237

  • SYNONYMES FRANÇOIS, LEURS DIFFÉRENTES SIGNIFICATIONS, ET LE CHOIX QU'IL EN FAUT FAIRE Pour parler avec justesse ( GIRARD 1769) p. 2.373:251

    FINESSE.RUSE.ASTUCE.PERFIDIE

  • SYNONYMES FRANÇOIS, LEURS DIFFÉRENTES SIGNIFICATIONS, ET LE CHOIX QU'IL EN FAUT FAIRE Pour parler avec justesse ( GIRARD 1769) p. 1.6:6

    ADDRESSE.SOUPLESSE.FINESSE.RUSE.ARTIFICE

    • Words (19 items)

    巧  qiǎo OC: khruuʔ MC: khɣɛu 20 Attributions

    Qiǎo 巧 (ant. zhuó 拙 "inept") is very common and emphasises the element of skill involved.

      Word relations
    • Ant: 仁/BENEVOLENCE Rén 仁 (ant. cán 殘 "cruel" and perhaps ant.* rěn 忍 "be callous, unfeeling") which refers to kind-heartedness and deep human sensibility as a constitutive feature of man as a moral being, is the standard word since Confucius. [ETHICAL], [HIGH-DEGREE]
    • Contrast: 智 / 知/INTELLIGENT The most general word for native ability to understand is zhī 知 (ant. wú zhī 無知 "lack the ability to understand"), but the word ranges in meaning from spiritual wisdom to technical competence.
    • Assoc: 佞/FLATTER Nìng 佞 refers to rhetorically skilful sycophancy, and very often the meanings "rhetorically skilful" and "sycophantic" are hard to distinguish in context.
    • Assoc: 技/SKILLFUL Jì 技 (ant. zhuó 拙 "incompetent") refers to a basic technical skill of no special distinction, and the word is almost always nominal.
    • Assoc: 智/CRAFTY The most general word for craftiness as a negative quality is zhì 智, although very confusingly, this word can also refer to positive wisdom as a virtue.
    • Assoc: 機/CRAFTY
    • Assoc: 邪/WICKED Xié 邪 (ant. zhèng 正 "straight and in no way wicked") typically involves nuances of sinister evil influences in addition to plain human depravity.
    • Synon: 智/CRAFTY The most general word for craftiness as a negative quality is zhì 智, although very confusingly, this word can also refer to positive wisdom as a virtue.
    • Synon: 智 / 知/INTELLIGENT The most general word for native ability to understand is zhī 知 (ant. wú zhī 無知 "lack the ability to understand"), but the word ranges in meaning from spiritual wisdom to technical competence.

      Syntactic words
    • nabactguile; artful conduct, devious action
    • nabfeatureguile; artfulness
    • v[adN]nonreferentialthe crafty
    • vadNcrafty, wickedly shrewd, wily
    • vadNsuperficially crafty, pointlessly skillfulCH
    • vadNartfulCH
    • vadVguilefully; craftily
    • vibe guileful, and shrewd
    • vtoNcausativecause to be guileful or crafty, cause to be excessively clever
    智  zhì OC: tes MC: ʈiɛ 13 Attributions

    The most general word for craftiness as a negative quality is zhì 智, although very confusingly, this word can also refer to positive wisdom as a virtue.

      Word relations
    • Contrast: 強 / 強/STRONG The current general word for the temporary state of strength, physical or political, are qiáng 強 (ant. ruò 弱 "weak").
    • Assoc: 姦/WICKED Jiān 姦 (ant. liáng 良 "of the good sort, decent") refers to sheer human depravity and moral incompetence with no supernatural or sinister overtones.
    • Assoc: 巧/CRAFTY Qiǎo 巧 (ant. zhuó 拙 "inept") is very common and emphasises the element of skill involved.
    • Synon: 巧/CRAFTY Qiǎo 巧 (ant. zhuó 拙 "inept") is very common and emphasises the element of skill involved.

      Syntactic words
    • nabdispositionnegative: craftiness; leaned cleverness; intellectual prowess; shrewdness
    • v[adN]nonreferentialthe shrewd and clever
    • vadNshrewd, clever
    • vinegatively be wily, shrewd, clever
    狡  jiǎo OC: kreewʔ MC: kɣɛu 11 Attributions

    Jiǎo 狡 and huá 猾 (ant. dūn 敦 "obtuse" and perhaps dǔ 篤 "trusty but inept").

      Syntactic words
    • v[adN]swindler; those who are wily
    • vadNnimble; wily
    • vichangegrow wily; become wily
    猾  huá OC: ɡruud MC: ɦɣɛt 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • v[adN]those who are crafty
    • vadNslimy, crafty, cunning
    • vadVcraftily; cunningly
    • vicrafty, cunning
    奇  qí MC: -- OC: ɡral 2 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Ant: 正/STRAIGHT Zhèng 正 (ant. qǔ 曲 "bent") refers to straightness as the desirable state of something.
    • Ant: 正/STRAIGHT Zhèng 正 (ant. qǔ 曲 "bent") refers to straightness as the desirable state of something.

      Syntactic words
    • nabactcrafty tricks, indirect stratagems
    故  gù OC: kaas MC: kuo̝ 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • nabdispositioncraftiness
    智者  zhì zhě MC: trjeH tsyaeX OC: tes kljaʔ 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPnonreferentialthe crafty people; the intellectualsCH
    機  jī OC: kɯl MC: kɨi 2 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Assoc: 巧/CRAFTY Qiǎo 巧 (ant. zhuó 拙 "inept") is very common and emphasises the element of skill involved.

      Syntactic words
    • nabdispositioncraftiness
    • nadNcontrived and crafty
    躁  zào MC: -- OC: tsaaws 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vi(= jiao3 劋) cunningLZ
    黠  xiá OC: ɡriid MC: ɦɣɛt 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vibe (superficially) quick and clever
    淫巧  yín qiǎo OC: lɯm khruuʔ MC: jim khɣɛu 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NP[adN]works of excessive or indulgent craftsmanship
    奸巧  gān qiǎo OC: kaan khruuʔ MC: kɑn khɣɛu 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPabdispositioncraftiness of any kind
    巧故  qiǎo gù OC: khruuʔ kaas MC: khɣɛu kuo̝ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPabactcraftiness; deceitfulness
    狡猾  jiǎo huá MC: kaewX hweat OC: kreewʔ ɡruud 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPicunningLZ
    巧  qiǎo OC: khruuʔ MC: khɣɛu 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPabactunderhand tricks
    智  zhì OC: tes MC: ʈiɛ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPnonreferentialthe clever and the shrewd
    智  zhì 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nab(.post-N)the craftiness of the contextually determinate NCH
    智巧  zhì qiǎo OC: tes khruuʔ MC: ʈiɛ khɣɛu 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabpsychcraftiness
    獪  kuài OC: kloobs MC: kɑi 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vipost-Han: nimble