gail

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gail [ka⁵⁵]adjective
ENto slip, to slide; crafty, cunning
中文滑，滑动; 油滑

Linguistic detail

DialectCOM
Part of speechadjective

Usage examples

Xi cheegvl jjaiq kuaq meil, yiq gail wai gail neiq yil.
This guy is very unreliable (i.e. bad). (He) is always crafty (i.e. crafty on the right and on the left).
这人真是不踏实，做事油滑，不负责任。

Sources

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NaxiAI. Naxi Digital Dictionary, s.v. “gail”. https://naxiai.com/dictionary/gail (accessed 2026-11-14).