掠奪

See also: 掠夺

Chinese

		plunder	rob; snatch
trad. (掠奪)		掠	奪
simp. (掠夺)		掠	夺
alternative forms		略奪／略夺

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lüèduó

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄩㄝˋ ㄉㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loek⁶ dyut⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lio̍k-toa̍t / lia̍k-toa̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lüèduó
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄩㄝˋ ㄉㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lyuèduó
    • Wade–Giles: lüeh⁴-to²
    • Yale: lywè-dwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liuehdwo
    • Palladius: люэдо (ljuedo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly̯ɛ⁵¹ tu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: loek⁶ dyut⁶
    • Yale: leuhk dyuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loek⁹ dyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêg⁶ düd⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœːk̚² tyːt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lio̍k-toa̍t
    • Tâi-lô: lio̍k-tua̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liogdoat
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɔk̚²⁴⁻² tuat̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɔk̚⁴⁻³² tuat̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia̍k-toa̍t
    • Tâi-lô: lia̍k-tua̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liagdoat
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liak̚¹²¹⁻²¹ tuat̚¹²¹/

Verb

掠奪

1. to plunder; to rob; to pillage

   帝國主義掠奪成性。 [MSC, trad.]
   帝国主义掠夺成性。 [MSC, simp.]

   Dìguózhǔyì lüèduó chéngxìng. [Pinyin]

   Imperialism is predatory by nature.

Synonyms

• 削 (literary, or in compounds)
• 剽取 (piàoqǔ)
• 劫掠 (jiélüè)
• 強奪／强夺 (qiángduó)
• 掠取 (lüèqǔ)
• 搏 (bó) (literary, or in compounds)
• 搶奪／抢夺 (qiǎngduó)
• 擄掠／掳掠 (lǔlüè)
• 攫奪／攫夺 (juéduó) (literary)
• 洗劫 (xǐjié)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (掠奪):

• → Japanese: 略(りゃく)奪(だつ) (ryakudatsu)
• → Korean: 약탈(掠奪) (yaktal)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
掠	奪
りゃく Jinmeiyō	だつ Grade: S
kan’on	goon

For pronunciation and definitions of 掠奪 – see the following entry.

【略奪りゃくだつ】 [noun] a looting, plunder, robbery [verb] loot, plunder, rob

(This term, 掠奪, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
掠	奪

Noun

掠奪 • (yaktal) (hangeul 약탈)

1. Hanja form^? of 약탈 (“plundering; pillaging; looting; robbery”).