滑 (huá) — (adjective) slippery, smooth; (verb) to slip; to slide; to glide; (adjective, figurative) sly, cunning, untrustworthy
Definition
A two-sense word: the physical 'slippery / to slide' sense, and the figurative 'sly, not to be trusted' (e.g. 滑头). For pure smoothness of texture, use 光滑.
adjective
slipperysmooth(adjective, figurative) slycunninguntrustworthy
verb
to slipto slideto glide
Examples
- 滑，。Dì shàng hěn huá, xiǎo xīn yì diǎn.The floor is very slippery; be careful.
- 。Tā xǐ huan zài hú shàng huá bīng.He likes to ice skate on the lake.
- ，。Tā shuō huà hěn huá tóu, wǒ bù xiāng xìn tā.He speaks slyly; I don't trust him.
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