刁

diāo

tricky, sly, crafty, cunning

How to write 刁, stroke by stroke

surname Diao; artful; wicked

刁难diāo nànto be hard on sb; to deliberately make things difficult; Taiwan pr. [diao1nan2]
刁妇diāo fùshrew; virago
刁悍diāo hàncunning and fierce
刁斗diāo dǒusoldier's copper saucepan, used for cooking food by day and for sounding the night watches during the hours of darkness (in ancient times)
刁民diāo mín(derogatory) unruly people
刁滑diāo huáartful; crafty
刁蛮diāo máncrafty and unruly
刁钻diāo zuāncrafty; tricky
放刁fàng diāoto act wickedly; to bully; to make life difficult for sb by unreasonable actions
石刁柏shí diāo bǎiasparagus
百般刁难bǎi bān diāo nàn(idiom) to put up innumerable obstacles; to create all kinds of difficulties

澳洲的考试方式并不是为了刁难受测者。
ào zhōu de kǎo shì fāng shì bìng bú shì wèi le diāo nàn shòu cè zhě 。
The method used for tests in Australia is not meant to be difficult for the people sitting them.