敲剝

Chinese

		extort; knock; to strike extort; knock; to strike; to knock (at a door); to hit	peel; to skin
trad. (敲剝)		敲	剝
simp. (敲剥)		敲	剥

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khau-pak

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khau-pak
    • Tâi-lô: khau-pak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qau'pag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰau³³ pak̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰau⁴⁴⁻²² pak̚³²/

Verb

敲剝

1. (Southern Min) to blackmail; to extort

Synonyms

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• 勒索 (lèsuǒ)
• 敲 (qiāo) (colloquial)
• 敲竹槓 / 敲竹杠 (qiāo zhúgàng)
• 敲詐 / 敲诈 (qiāozhà)
• 訛 / 讹 (é)
• 訛詐 / 讹诈 (ézhà)
• 開刀 / 开刀 (hoi¹ dou¹) (Cantonese)
• 閹錢 / 阉钱 (Zhangzhou Hokkien, to extort money)