揩油

揩油

Chinese

		wipe	oil; sly
simp. and trad. (揩油)		揩	油

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kāiyóu, kāyóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄞ ㄧㄡˊ, ㄎㄚ ㄧㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haai¹ jau^4-2
• Min Nan (POJ): khai-iû

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: kāiyóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄞ ㄧㄡˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaiyou
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ i̯oʊ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Pinyin: kāyóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄚ ㄧㄡˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kayou
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰä⁵⁵ i̯oʊ̯³⁵/

Note: Often mispronounced as kǎiyóu.

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: haai¹ jau^4-2
    • Yale: hāai yáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haai¹ jau^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: hai¹ yeo²
    • IPA ^(key): /häːi̯⁵⁵ jɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-iû
    • Tâi-lô: khai-iû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qai'iuu
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰaɪ⁴⁴⁻²² iu¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰaɪ⁴⁴⁻²² iu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰaɪ³³ iu²⁴/

Verb

揩油

1. to take advantage of or seek to gain benefits through illegal means; to scrounge

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 敲油