掠水

掠水

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loek^6-1 seoi²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • 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

1. (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