搜刮

Chinese

		to search	to scrape; to blow
trad. (搜刮)		搜	刮
simp. #(搜刮)		搜	刮
alternative forms		搜括

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sōuguā

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄡ ㄍㄨㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² gwaat³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): so-koah / so͘-koah

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sōuguā
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄡ ㄍㄨㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sougua
    • Wade–Giles: sou¹-kua¹
    • Yale: sōu-gwā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sougua
    • Palladius: соугуа (sougua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /soʊ̯⁵⁵ ku̯ä⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² gwaat³
    • Yale: sáu gwaat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² gwaat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² guad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ kʷaːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: so-koah
    • Tâi-lô: so-kuah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soi'koaq
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /so³³ kuaʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /so⁴⁴⁻²² kuaʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: so͘-koah
    • Tâi-lô: soo-kuah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: so'koaq
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sɔ⁴⁴⁻²² kuaʔ³²/

Verb

搜刮

1. to extort; to plunder; to expropriate; to fleece

   巧立名目搜刮民財 [MSC, trad.]
   巧立名目搜刮民财 [MSC, simp.]

   qiǎolìmíngmù sōuguā míncái [Pinyin]

   to extort people's wealth under all sorts of pretexts

Synonyms

• 剝取／剥取 (bōqǔ)
• 吮吸 (shǔnxī) (figurative)
• 強取／强取 (qiángqǔ)
• 摟／搂 (lōu)
• 榨取 (zhàqǔ)
• 聚 (jù) (literary, or in compounds)
• 聚斂／聚敛 (jùliǎn)