烏西

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (烏西)		烏	西
simp. (乌西)		乌	西
alternative forms		烏紗／乌纱 黑西

Etymology

From Japanese お歳暮(せいぼ) (oseibo, “year-end present”).

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): o͘-se / o͘-sie

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Yilan, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-se
    • Tâi-lô: oo-se
    • Phofsit Daibuun: osef
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ se⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Lukang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-sie
    • Tâi-lô: oo-sie
    • IPA (Lukang): /ɔ³³ sie³³/

Verb

烏西

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) to bribe

Synonyms

• 賄賂／贿赂 (huìlù)
• 行賄／行贿 (xínghuì)
• (Min Nan) 楔空, 楔後空／楔后空, 楔錢／楔钱, 楔後手／楔后手, 下賂／下赂, 攝手路／摄手路