Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
shonky
Chinese translation:
诡异(可疑)的
Added to glossary by
Wenjer Leuschel (X)
Jul 31, 2006 01:15
17 yrs ago
English term
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Native in: English (Variants: New Zealand, British)
Works in: Chinese to English
shonky
English to Chinese
Art/Literary
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
NZ slang
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Transpower's secret deal 'shonky' - 16 Apr 2005 - National NewsThe latest domestic news and opinion from New Zealand.
www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10120796 - 55k - Cached - Similar pages
Gareth Morgan - Economics of health still more than a bit shonkyThe current state of the health sector is accommodating a wide diversity of pricing and trade practices, as disparities of hospital charging and ...
nbr.infometrics.co.nz/economics-of-health-still-more-than-a-bit-shonky_330.html - 12k - Cached - Similar pages
MP wants honest campaign, and a stop to ‘shonky’ polling - Green Party“It follows another shonky poll in mid-April where the key question did not name the candidates and was not weighted geographically to reflect that there ...
www.greens.org.nz/searchdocs/PR5367.html - 5k - Cached - Similar pages
Transpower's secret deal 'shonky' - 16 Apr 2005 - National NewsThe latest domestic news and opinion from New Zealand.
www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10120796 - 55k - Cached - Similar pages
Gareth Morgan - Economics of health still more than a bit shonkyThe current state of the health sector is accommodating a wide diversity of pricing and trade practices, as disparities of hospital charging and ...
nbr.infometrics.co.nz/economics-of-health-still-more-than-a-bit-shonky_330.html - 12k - Cached - Similar pages
MP wants honest campaign, and a stop to ‘shonky’ polling - Green Party“It follows another shonky poll in mid-April where the key question did not name the candidates and was not weighted geographically to reflect that there ...
www.greens.org.nz/searchdocs/PR5367.html - 5k - Cached - Similar pages
Proposed translations
(Chinese)
| 3 +2 | 诡异(可疑)的 |
Wenjer Leuschel (X)
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| 4 +1 | 半信半疑(的)/不可靠 |
Ray Luo
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| 4 | 狡詐 |
pkchan
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半信半疑(的)/不可靠
shonky
adjective 1. of dubious integrity or honesty. 2. mechanically unreliable. --noun 3. a dishonest person. Also, shonkie.
Macquarie Book of Slang
adjective 1. of dubious integrity or honesty. 2. mechanically unreliable. --noun 3. a dishonest person. Also, shonkie.
Macquarie Book of Slang
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狡詐
Shonky : dubious, underhanded. E.g. a shonky practice, shonky business etc.
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