食夾棍

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	torture instrument made of two wooden rods
trad. (食夾棍)		食	夾棍
simp. (食夹棍)		食	夹棍

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sik⁶ gaap³ gwan³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sik⁶ gaap³ gwan³
    • Yale: sihk gaap gwan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sik⁹ gaap⁸ gwan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xig⁶ gab³ guen³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪk̚² kaːp̚³ kʷɐn³³/

Verb

食⫽夾棍 (verb-object)

1. (Cantonese) to be tortured by a jiagun (ankle pressing torture device)
2. (Cantonese, gambling) to have the banker win when the banker and the player have equal amount of points
3. (Cantonese, of an intermediary) to obtain profits from a deal without both parties knowing