耍 saa² {shuǎ}

(verb) (disapproval) To play and fool someone around

耍 saa² {shuǎ}

1. to play with
2. to wield
3. to act (cool etc)
4. to display (a skill, one's temper etc)

耍 saa² {Shuǎ}

surname Shua

耍家 saa² gaa¹ {shuǎ jiā}

very skillful

耍樂〔-乐〕 saa² lok⁶ {shuǎ lè}

playing; having fun

耍手 saa² sau² {shuǎ shǒu}

waving of hand as a gesture for "no" (spoken)

耍笑 saa² siu³ {shuǎ xiào}

joke; to make fun of; to play a joke on someone

耍寶〔-宝〕 saa² bou² {shuǎ bǎo}

1. to show off
2. to put on a show to amuse others

耍錢〔-钱〕 saa² cin⁴ {shuǎ qián}

to gamble

耍猴 saa² hau⁴ {shuǎ hóu}

1. to get a monkey to perform tricks
2. to put on a monkey show
3. to make fun of sb
4. to tease

耍賴〔-赖〕 saa² laai⁶ {shuǎ lài}

1. to act shamelessly
2. to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a promise etc
3. to act dumb
4. to act as if sth never happened

耍弄 saa² lung⁶ {shuǎ nòng}

1. to play with
2. to engage in
3. to resort to
4. to dally with

耍潑〔-泼〕 saa² put³ {shuǎ pō}

(dialect) to make an unreasonable scene

耍滑 saa² waat⁶ {shuǎ huá}

1. to resort to tricks
2. to act in a slippery way
3. to try to evade (work, responsibility)

耍子 saa² zi² {shuǎ zi}

1. to play
2. to have fun

耍把戲〔--戏〕 saa² baa² hei³ {shuǎ bǎ xì}

to play tricks

耍筆桿〔-笔杆〕 saa² bat¹ gon¹ {shuǎ bǐ gǎn}

wield a pen (used in a derogatory sense)

耍花槍〔--枪〕 saa² faa¹ coeng¹ {shuǎ huā qiāng}

describes the interaction between a couple where both parties demonstrate their love through harmless petty arguments

耍功夫 saa² gung¹ fu¹ {shuǎ gōng fu}

to play Kung Fu

耍盲雞〔--鸡〕 saa² maang⁴ gai¹ {shuǎ máng jī}

blind man's buff

耍太極〔--极〕 saa² taai³ gik⁶ {shuǎ Tài jí}

the slang for the act of pushing things around in order to avoid responsibility; literally: to play Tai Chi; buck passing

耍花樣〔--样〕 saa² faa¹ joeng² {shuǎ huā yàng}

to play tricks on sb

耍花招 saa² faa¹ ziu¹ {shuǎ huā zhāo}

to play tricks on sb

耍無賴〔-无赖〕 saa² mou⁴ laai² {shuǎ wú lài}

1. to act shamelessly
2. to behave in a way that leaves others tut-tutting and shaking their heads in disapproval

耍貧嘴〔-贫-〕 saa² pan⁴ zeoi² {shuǎ pín zuǐ}

1. (coll.) to wag one's tongue
2. to indulge in idle gossip and silly jokes
3. to chatter endlessly
4. to speak glibly

耍脾氣〔--气〕 saa² pei⁴ hei³ {shuǎ pí qì}

to go into a huff

耍手腕 saa² sau² wun² {shuǎ shǒu wàn}

1. to play tricks
2. to maneuver

耍私情 saa² si¹ cing⁴ {shuǎ sī qíng}

1. the play of passions
2. carried away by passion (e.g. to commit a crime)

耍獅子〔-狮-〕 saa² si¹ zi² {shuǎ shī zi}

to perform a lion dance

耍罈子〔-坛-〕 saa² taam⁴ zi² {shuǎ tán zi}

to perform a jar juggling and balancing act

耍嘴皮 saa² zeoi² pei⁴ {shuǎ zuǐ pí}

1. to show off with clever talk
2. big-headed
3. a smart-ass

耍手擰頭〔--拧头〕 saa² sau² ning⁶ tau⁴ {shuǎ shǒu nǐng tóu}

waving of hand and shaking of head sideways as a gesture for "no" (spoken)

耍小聰明〔--聪-〕 saa² siu² cung¹ ming⁴ {shuǎ xiǎo cōng ming}

1. to get smart
2. to resort to petty tricks

耍嘴皮子 saa² zeoi² pei⁴ zi² {shuǎ zuǐ pí zi}

1. to talk glibly
2. to talk big
3. to be all talk

耍得團團轉〔--团团转〕 saa² dak¹ tyun⁴ tyun⁴ zyun³ {shuǎ de tuán tuán zhuàn}

1. to fool
2. to dupe