| 1 | 刁 | 刁 | diāo | Diao1 | artful; wicked; surname Diao | | |
| 2 | 百般刁难 | 百般刁難 | bǎi bān diāo nán | bai3 ban1 diao1 nan2 | to put up innumerable obstacles; to create all kinds of difficulties (idiom) | | |
| 3 | 刁斗 | 刁斗 | diāo dǒu | diao1 dou3 | soldier's copper saucepan, used for cooking food by day and for sounding the night watches during the hours of darkness (in ancient times) | | |
| 4 | 刁藩都 | 刁藩都 | diāo fān dōu | Diao1 fan1 dou1 | Diophantus of Alexandria (3rd century AD), Greek mathematician | | |
| 5 | 刁藩都方程 | 刁藩都方程 | diāo fān dōu fāng chéng | Diao1 fan1 dou1 fang1 cheng2 | Diophantine equation | | |
| 6 | 刁妇 | 刁婦 | diāo fù | diao1 fu4 | shrew; virago | | |
| 7 | 刁滑 | 刁滑 | diāo huá | diao1 hua2 | artful; crafty | | |
| 8 | 刁蛮 | 刁蠻 | diāo mán | diao1 man2 | crafty and unruly | | |
| 9 | 刁难 | 刁難 | diāo nàn | diao1 nan4 | to be hard on sb; to deliberately make things difficult | | |
| 10 | 刁钻 | 刁鑽 | diāo zuān | diao1 zuan1 | crafty; tricky | | |
| 11 | 放刁 | 放刁 | fàng diāo | fang4 diao1 | to act wickedly; to bully; to make life difficult for sb by unreasonable actions | | |
| 12 | 石刁柏 | 石刁柏 | shí diāo bǎi | shi2 diao1 bai3 | asparagus | | |