揩油

Chinese

		wipe	oil; sly
simp. and trad. (揩油)		揩	油

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kāiyóu, kāyóu

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄞㄧㄡˊ, ㄎㄚㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): haai¹ jau^4-2
Min Nan (POJ): khai-iû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: kāiyóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄞㄧㄡˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaiyou
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰaɪ̯⁵⁵ i̯oʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: kāyóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄚㄧㄡˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kayou
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰä⁵⁵ i̯oʊ̯³⁵/

Note: Often mispronounced as kǎiyóu.

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: haai¹ jau^4-2
  - Yale: hāai yáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: haai¹ jau^4-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: hai¹ yeo²
  - IPA ^(key): /häːi̯⁵⁵ jɐu̯²¹⁻³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khai-iû
  - Tâi-lô: khai-iû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: qai'iuu
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰaɪ⁴⁴⁻²² iu¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kʰaɪ⁴⁴⁻²² iu²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰaɪ³³ iu²⁴/

Verb

揩油

to take advantage of or seek to gain benefits through illegal means; to scrounge

Synonyms

(Min Nan) 敲油

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