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勒索

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

Verb

勒索

to blackmail; to extort

Synonyms

敲詐／敲诈 (qiāozhà)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): lèsuǒ

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄜˋ ㄙㄨㄛˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lak⁶ sok³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): le̍t-sok
Min Nan (POJ): lek-sek / le̍k-sek

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: lèsuǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄜˋ ㄙㄨㄛˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lehsuoo
  - IPA ^(key): /lɤ⁵¹ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lak⁶ sok³
  - Yale: lahk sok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lak⁹ sok⁸
  - IPA ^(key): /lɐk̚² sɔːk̚³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: le̍t-sok
  - Hakka Romanization System: led sog`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: led⁶ sog⁵
  - IPA: /let̚⁵ sok̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lek-sek / le̍k-sek
  - Tâi-lô: lik-sik / li̍k-sik
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lekseg, legseg
  - IPA (Xiamen): /liɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiɪk̚³²/, /liɪk̚⁴⁻²¹ ɕiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /liɪk̚⁵⁻²⁴ ɕiɪk̚⁵/, /liɪk̚²⁴⁻²² ɕiɪk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪk̚³²⁻⁵ ɕiɪk̚³²/, /liɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ɕiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /liɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiɪk̚³²/, /liɪk̚⁴⁻³² ɕiɪk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /liɪk̚³²⁻⁴ ɕiɪk̚³²/, /liɪk̚⁴⁻³² ɕiɪk̚³²/