狡 jiǎo cunning
cunning; deceitful; treacherous
怎么记住“狡”: 犭 dog + 交 hand over = cunning. The dog pretends to limp so the tourists will hand over a snack, and the vendor laughs "He is cunning, that one!"
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
狡 = 犭 dog + 交 hand over
- 犭 dog meaning
- 交 hand over sound
- 亠 lid
- 父 father
The dog pretends to limp so the tourists will hand over a snack, and the vendor laughs "He is cunning, that one!"
How it came to be
The dog gives the meaning and the second part the sound; the word first meant a young dog.
用法
- Cunning/crafty: 狡猾 (jiǎohuá) sly/wily, 狡诈 (jiǎozhà) treacherous.
- 狡辩 (jiǎobiàn) means to argue speciously / quibble; 狡兔三窟 (jiǎotù-sānkū), a wily rabbit has three burrows, means having multiple escape routes ready. Pejorative.