滑 (waat6 gwat1 | hua2 gu3) : slip; slippery; smooth; cunning

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滑

waat6 gwat1

hua2 gu3

[粵] waat6 | [國] hua2
[1] [adj] slippery; smooth; glossy
[2] [v] slip; slide; glide; skid
[3] [adj] cunning; crafty; oily

[粵] gwat1 | [國] gu3
[v] confuse; throw into disarray

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Stroke count: 13

Level: 1

Radical: 水 (#85)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

滑

This word has been viewed 1 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 6th Sep 2013 11:13

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輪滑 leon4*2 waat6 lun2 hua2 = roller skating

滑浪 waat6 long6 hua2 lang4 = to surf, surfing

滑板 waat6 baan2 hua2 ban3 = skateboard

皮光肉滑 pei4 gwong1 juk6 waat6 = smooth skin

滑道 waat6 dou6 hua2 dao4 = slide 國

小心地滑 siu2 sam1 dei6 waat6 = slippery floor, be careful!

滑鼠 waat6 syu2 hua2 shu3 = (computer) mouse

光滑 gwong1 waat6 guang1 hua2 = glossy, sleek, smooth

滑溜 waat6 lau6 hua2 liu1 = slippery

滑落 waat6 lok6 hua2 luo4 = slide

滑水 waat6 seoi2 = waterski

滑雪 waat6 syut3 hua2 xue3 = ski

潤滑油 jeon6 waat6 jau4 = lubricant oil

滑牙 waat6 ngaa4*2 = (of a screw or bolt) to be stripped

滑雪屐 waat6 syut3 kek6 hua2 xue3 ji1 = a ski; skis

口甜舌滑 hau2 tim4 sit6 waat6 kou3 tian2 she2 hua2 = smarmy; sweet talk

幼滑 jau3 waat6 = delicate texture

滑頭 waat6 tau4*2 = crafty, cunning; slippery fellow

滑稽 waat6 kai1 gu3 ji1 (Taiwan), hua2 ji1 (PRC) = funny 國

滑雪道 waat6 syut3 dou6 hua2 xue3 dao4 = piste; ski slope

乘滑水板游戲 sing4 waat6 seoi2 baan2 jau4 hei3 cheng2 hua2 shui3 ban3 you2 xi4 = to aquaplane

滑脟脟 waat6 lyut3*1 lyut3*1 = [adj] very smooth

滑潺潺 waat6 saan4 saan4 = unpleasantly slippery

滑浪人士 waat6 long6 jan4 si6 = a surfer

圓滑 jyun4 waat6 yuan2 hua2 = tactful; smooth

圓滑線 jyun4 waat6 sin3 yuan2 hua2 xian4 = [music] slur

潤滑 jeon6 waat6 = to lubricate

潤滑葯 jeon6 waat6 joek6 = an emollient; demulcent medicine (also 潤滑藥)

潤滑藥 jeon6 waat6 joek6 = an emollient; demulcent medicine

𡄽滑梯 soe4 waat6 tai1 = to slide down a slide 粵

嫩滑 nyun6 waat6 nen4 hua2 = tender and smooth

滑草場 waat6 cou2 coeng4 hua2 cao3 chang3 = grass-skiing slopes

滑冰 waat6 bing1 hua2 bing1 = to skate; skating

滑翔機 waat6 coeng4 gei1 = a glider

噴射滑橇 pan3 se6 waat6 hiu1 = a jet ski

滑翔翼 waat6 coeng4 jik6 = a hang glider

滑翔傘 waat6 coeng4 saan3 hua2 xiang2 san3 = a parachute glider; a paraglider

滑浪板 waat6 long6 baan2 hua2 lang4 ban3 = surfboard

滑蛋 waat6 daan2 hua2 dan4 = scrambled eggs

止滑 zi2 waat6 zhi3 hua2 = anti slip

滑棒 waat6 paang5 hua2 bang4 = guitar slide, bottleneck

滑雪板 waat6 syut3 baan2 hua2 xue3 ban3 = snowboard

滑旱冰 waat6 hon5 bing1 hua2 han4 bing1 = (roller)blading / roller skating / inline skating

滑胎 waat6 toi1 hua2 tai1 = repeated miscarriage

滑雪後 waat6 syut3 hau6 hua2 xue3 hou4 = après-ski

滑鐵盧 waat6 tit3 lou4 hua2 tie3 lu2 = [translit.] Waterloo

滑浪風帆 waat6 long6 fung1 faan4 = windsurfing (sport)

滑縣 waat6 jyun6 hua2 xian4 = Hua county (county in Henan)

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你啲頭髮好滑呀！粵
Your hair is so smooth!

條路好滑，佢唔小心躀咗一跤粵
The road was very slippery. He wasn't careful and slipped.

呢個復活節係咪去北海道滑雪,重係十劃都未有一撇。粵
It's still far too early to tell if we are going skiing in Hokkaido this Easter.
[In this sentence, the third character 都 in the idiom 十劃都未有一撇 could be moved three spaces up so that the latter half of the sentence would become 都重係十劃未有一撇. The meaning would remain the same. ]

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