蹺蹊 (kiu1 kei1) — fishy; dubious in Cantonese

kiuˉ¹蹺keiˉ¹蹊

简跷蹊

Mandarin Pinyin: qiao1 qi5

Meaning of 蹺蹊

nounfishy; dubious

nounfishy; dubious (spoken)

ginˍ₆件siˍ₆事jauˏ₅有kiuˉ¹蹺kaiˉ¹蹊。

There's something fishy about this matter.

ngoˏ₅我taiˊ²睇dou˗₃到jauˏ₅有kiuˉ¹蹺kaiˉ¹蹊。

I can see something's not right.

houˊ²好jauˏ₅有kiuˉ¹蹺kaiˉ¹蹊wo˗₃喎。

It seems very suspicious.

neiˏ₅你mˎ₄唔gok˗₃覺jauˏ₅有kiuˉ¹蹺kaiˉ¹蹊？

Don't you find it suspicious?

keoiˏ₅佢deiˍ₆哋jauˏ₅有kiuˉ¹蹺kaiˉ¹蹊。

They seem suspicious.

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