敲盤子

Chinese

		extort; knock; to strike extort; knock; to strike; to knock (at a door); to hit	fool
trad. (敲盤子)		敲	盤子
simp. (敲盘子)		敲	盘子

Etymology

Calque from Hokkien 摃盼仔／𫼱盼仔 (kòng phàn-á, literally “strike a fool”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiāo pánzi

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄠ ㄆㄢˊ ˙ㄗ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiāo pánzi
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄠ ㄆㄢˊ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciao pánzi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiao¹ pʻan²-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: chyāu pán-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiau parn.tzy
    • Palladius: цяо паньцзы (cjao panʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pʰän³⁵ d͡z̥z̩³/

Verb

敲⫽盤子 (verb-object)

1. (Taiwanese Mandarin) to make somebody pay through the nose

   Synonyms: 敲竹槓 / 敲竹杠 (qiāo zhúgàng), 削凱子 / 削凯子

   • 防吃黑鮪魚「敲盤子」　縣府公布優良店家 [MSC, trad.]
     防吃黑鲔鱼「敲盘子」　县府公布优良店家 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2018, TVBS, "防吃黑鮪魚「敲盤子」　縣府公布優良店家"

     fáng chī hēiwěiyú “qiāopánzǐ”, xiànfǔ gōngbù yōuliáng diànjiā [Pinyin]

     To avoid "paying through the nose" while having black skipjack tuna, the county government published the fine shops