耄索

Chinese

		aged	to search; to demand; to ask to search; to demand; to ask; to exact; large rope; isolated
trad. (耄索)		耄	索
simp. #(耄索)		耄	索

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mauh-sauhⁿ

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mauh-sauhⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: mauh-saunnh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mauhsvauq
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mãu(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ sãuʔ³²/

Verb

耄索

1. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to swallow whole
2. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to embezzle; to misappropriate

Synonyms

• (to swallow whole): 吞食 (tūnshí)
• (to embezzle):

• 侵吞 (qīntūn)
• 挪借 (nuójiè)
• 挪用 (nuóyòng)
• 盜用／盗用 (dàoyòng)
• 私嗒 (Hokkien)