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洗劫

洗劫

Chinese

		to wash; to bathe	plunder
simp. and trad. (洗劫)		洗	劫

Verb

洗劫

to loot, to rob, to ransack

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): xǐjié

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai² gip³
Min Nan (POJ): sóe-kiap / sé-kiap

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: xǐjié
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiijye
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai² gip³
  - Yale: sái gip
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai² gip⁸
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³⁵ kiːp̚³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sóe-kiap
  - Tâi-lô: sué-kiap
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soefkiab
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sue⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kiap̚⁵/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiap̚³²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /sue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiap̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sé-kiap
  - Tâi-lô: sé-kiap
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sefkiab
  - IPA (Xiamen): /se⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiap̚³²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /se⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kiap̚³²/