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Chinese[edit]
Sense: to blackmail; to extort[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
- 勒索 (lèsuǒ)
- 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)