剋扣

Chinese

		to overcome; subdue; to overthrow to overcome; subdue; to overthrow; restrain; cut down; to be able to	10 percent; button; detain
trad. (剋扣)		剋	扣
simp. (克扣)		克	扣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kèkòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜˋ ㄎㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hak¹ kau³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): khiak-khiò / khek-khàu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kèkòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜˋ ㄎㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kèkòu
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo⁴-kʻou⁴
    • Yale: kè-kòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kehkow
    • Palladius: кэкоу (kɛkou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hak¹ kau³
    • Yale: hāk kau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hak⁷ kau³
    • Guangdong Romanization: heg¹ keo³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐk̚⁵ kʰɐu̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiak-khiò
    • Tâi-lô: khiak-khiò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiakqioix
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiak̚⁵⁻²⁴ kʰio⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khek-khàu
    • Tâi-lô: khik-khàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qekqaux
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁵ kʰau²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ kʰau²¹/

Verb

剋扣

1. to embezzle part of what should be issued

   剋扣工錢／克扣工钱  ―  kēikòu gōngqián  ―  to underpay (a worker)