“调皮” 和 “淘气” 有什么区别？
“调皮” 和 “淘气” 有什么区别？

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1. Both are adjectives

很调皮/很淘气  调皮的孩子/(淘气的孩子）

2. formal：顽皮 -- 调皮 -- 淘气 ：colloquial

3. 淘气 is seldome used in writing

4. 调皮 is used on  more  occasions and by more people. Some people never use 淘气,   probabally because of its Northern origin.

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调皮是中性一些的词，淘气一般用在贬义也可以用于中性。
例如：这小孩子好调皮的，有时太淘气，真让人担心。

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For me, i dont see any difference between these two. Both can be used in writing and speaking and again with no much difference at all.