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): ㄑㄧㄠ ㄓㄨˊ ㄍㄤˋ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiāo zhúgàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠ ㄓㄨˊ 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)

1. (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)