掠水

Chinese

		plunder	water; river
simp. and trad. (掠水)		掠	水

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): loek^6-1 seoi²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: loek^6-1 seoi²
  - Yale: lēuk séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loek^9-1 soey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: lêg^6-1 sêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœːk̚²⁻⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/

Verb

掠水

(Cantonese, colloquial) to obtain money via dishonest means, such as overcharging; to profiteer

References

阿塗 [Ah To] (2017) 七刻 [Chukhak], transl., 圖解廣東話 [Cantonese.jpg], Hong Kong: Whitepaper Publishing

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