Character breakdown
Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.
How to learn 刁悍
Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.
When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.
Words with the same characters
Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.
to be hard on sb; to deliberately make things difficult; Taiwan pr. [diao1nan2]
放刁fàng diāoto act wickedly; to bully; to make life difficult for sb by unreasonable actions
刁滑diāo huáartful; crafty
刁斗diāo dǒusoldier's copper saucepan, used for cooking food by day and for sounding the night watches during the hours of darkness (in ancient times)
刁蛮diāo máncrafty and unruly
刁钻diāo zuāncrafty; tricky