| jiǎo | crafty/cunning/sly |
| 狡 | crafty cunning sly |
| 狡兔三窟 | lit. a crafty rabbit has three burrows a sly individual has more than one plan to fall back on (idiom) |
| 狡兔死，走狗烹 | After the cunning hare is killed, the hound is boiled. 2.After work is done, those who did the work are discarded. |
| 狡狯 | deceitful; crafty |
| 狡猾 | crafty cunning sly |
| 狡计 | guile |
| 狡诈 | craft cunning deceitful |
| 狡谲 | crafty and treacherous |
| 狡赖 | to deny (through sophism) |
| 狡辩 | to quibble |
| 狡黠 | crafty astute |