敲油

Chinese

		extort; knock; to strike extort; knock; to strike; to knock (at a door); to hit	oil; sly
simp. and trad. (敲油)		敲	油

Pronunciation

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): khau-yù

  (Hailu, HRS): kau^ˇ rhiu

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khà-iû

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• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khau-yù
    • Hakka Romanization System: kau iu^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kau⁴ yiu²
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰau̯⁵⁵ i̯u¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khau-yù
    • Hakka Romanization System: kau (r)iu^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kau⁴ yiu²
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰau̯⁵⁵ (j)i̯u¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: kau^ˇ rhiu
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰau¹¹ ʒiu⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khà-iû
    • Tâi-lô: khà-iû
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qariuu
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰa²¹⁻⁵³ iu²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰa⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ iu²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰa²¹⁻⁵³ iu¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰa¹¹⁻⁵³ iu²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰa²¹⁻⁴¹ iu²³/

Verb

敲油

1. (Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) to get petty advantages at somebody's expense

Synonyms

• 揩油 (kāiyóu)

References

• “敲油”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
• “Entry #10781”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Chinese and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.