敲竹槓

See also: 敲竹杠

Chinese

		extort; knock; to strike extort; knock; to strike; to knock (at a door); to hit	thick bamboo pole; rip-off
trad. (敲竹槓)		敲	竹槓
simp. (敲竹杠)		敲	竹杠

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiāo zhúgàng

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠㄓㄨˊ ㄍㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haau¹ zuk¹ gong³
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ¹khau-tsoq-kaon; ¹khau ⁷tsoq-kaon

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiāo zhúgàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠㄓㄨˊ ㄍㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciao jhúgàng
  - Wade–Giles: chʻiao¹ chu²-kang⁴
  - Yale: chyāu jú-gàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiau jwuganq
  - Palladius: цяо чжуган (cjao čžugan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ kɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: haau¹ zuk¹ gong³
  - Yale: hāau jūk gong
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haau¹ dzuk⁷ gong³
  - Guangdong Romanization: hao¹ zug¹ gong³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːu̯⁵⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ kɔːŋ³³/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ¹khau-tsoq-kaon; ¹khau ⁷tsoq-kaon
  - MiniDict: khau^平 tsoh kaon; khau^平 tsoh^入 kaon
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹khau-tsoq-kaan; ¹khau ⁴tsoq-kaan
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰɔ⁵⁵ t͡soʔ³³ kɑ̃²¹/, /kʰɔ⁴⁴ t͡soʔ³³ kɑ̃⁴⁴/

Verb

敲⫽竹槓 (verb-object)

(idiomatic) to take advantage of somebody's weakness to overcharge them; to make somebody pay through the nose

Synonyms

勒索 (lèsuǒ)
敲 (qiāo) (colloquial)
敲剝／敲剥 (Hokkien)
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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