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頑皮

waan4 pei4included in 3 dictionaries
粵典 (words.hk)Hong KongWord

（通常指#細路仔 嘅#行為 ）#百厭；#曳；唔#聽話 ((of children's behaviour) naughty; mischievous)

形容詞

Examples

我個仔好百厭，個女就好乖。

ngo5 go3 zai2 hou2 baak3 jim3, go3 neoi5 zau6 hou2 gwaai1.

My son is a naughty boy while my daughter is a well-behaved girl.

維基辭典YueWord

Original phonetic: /waːn²¹ pʰei̯²¹/

01

naughty; mischievous

02

tough muscle meat; muscle meat that is hard to cut

粵語辭源: 426_1CantonWord

Original phonetic: wan4 péi4

或作“跳皮”。淘氣；調皮。（饒秉才等：2020：430）

References:
  • 不聽教誨謂之～。（陳伯陶《東莞縣志》卷十一葉二）