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

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

(Southern Min) to blackmail; to extort

Synonyms

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)

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