勒索

Chinese

		strangle; rein in	to search; to demand; to ask to search; to demand; to ask; to exact; large rope; isolated
simp. and trad. (勒索)		勒	索

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lèsuǒ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄜˋ ㄙㄨㄛˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lak⁶ sok³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): le̍t-sok
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): le̍k-sok / liak-sak / le̍k-sek / lek-sek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lèsuǒ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄜˋ ㄙㄨㄛˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lèsuǒ
    • Wade–Giles: lê⁴-so³
    • Yale: lè-swǒ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lehsuoo
    • Palladius: лэсо (lɛso)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɤ⁵¹ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lak⁶ sok³
    • Yale: lahk sok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lak⁹ sok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: leg⁶ sog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐk̚² sɔːk̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: le̍t-sok
    • Hakka Romanization System: led sog`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: led⁶ sog⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /let̚⁵ sok̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: le̍k-sok
    • Tâi-lô: li̍k-sok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: legsog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɪk̚⁴⁻³² sɔk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liak-sak
    • Tâi-lô: liak-sak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liaksag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liak̚⁵⁻²⁴ sak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: le̍k-sek
    • Tâi-lô: li̍k-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: legseg
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ siɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /liɪk̚⁴⁻³² siɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lek-sek
    • Tâi-lô: lik-sik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lekseg
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /liɪk̚³²⁻⁴ siɪk̚³²/

Verb

勒索

1. to blackmail; to extort

Synonyms

• 敲 (qiāo) (colloquial)
• 敲剝／敲剥 (Hokkien)
• 敲竹槓／敲竹杠 (qiāo zhúgàng)
• 敲詐／敲诈 (qiāozhà)
• 訛／讹 (é)
• 訛詐／讹诈 (ézhà)
• 開刀／开刀 (hoi¹ dou¹) (Cantonese)
• 閹錢／阉钱 (Zhangzhou Hokkien, to extort money)

 

Derived terms

• 敲詐勒索／敲诈勒索 (qiāozhàlèsuǒ)