敲竹槓 [－－杠]

Jyutping haau1 zuk1 gong1
Pinyin qiāo zhú gàng

Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    利用​人​嘅​弱​點​去​呃​人​錢
    to cheat sb for money; to obtain money by deception; to blackmail; to extort; literally: to strike bamboo instrument
    • 你唔會對著你啲兄弟敲竹槓啩？
      你唔会对著你啲兄弟敲竹杠啩？
      nei5 m4 wui5 deoi3 zyu6 nei5 di1 hing1 dai6 haau1 zuk1 gong3 gwaa3?
      You won't cheat your brothers for money, right?
  2. 動詞
    將貨​物​嘅​價​錢​標​到​好​高​，​不合​常理
    to set the price of something excessively high; the act of daylight robbery
    • 呢個袋要3000蚊簡直係敲竹槓。
      呢个袋要3000蚊简直系敲竹杠。
      ni1 go3 doi2 jiu3 saam1 cin1 man1 gaan2 zik6 hai6 haau1 zuk1 gong3.
      Paying $3000 for this bag is just a daylight robbery.

敲竹槓 [－－杠]

Jyutping haau1 zuk1 gong3
Pinyin qiāo zhú gàng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. extortion by taking advantage of sb's weakness
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    利用​人​嘅​弱​點​去​呃​人​錢
    to cheat sb for money; to obtain money by deception; to blackmail; to extort; literally: to strike bamboo instrument
    • 你唔會對著你啲兄弟敲竹槓啩？
      你唔会对著你啲兄弟敲竹杠啩？
      nei5 m4 wui5 deoi3 zyu6 nei5 di1 hing1 dai6 haau1 zuk1 gong3 gwaa3?
      You won't cheat your brothers for money, right?
  2. 動詞
    將貨​物​嘅​價​錢​標​到​好​高​，​不合​常理
    to set the price of something excessively high; the act of daylight robbery
    • 呢個袋要3000蚊簡直係敲竹槓。
      呢个袋要3000蚊简直系敲竹杠。
      ni1 go3 doi2 jiu3 saam1 cin1 man1 gaan2 zik6 hai6 haau1 zuk1 gong3.
      Paying $3000 for this bag is just a daylight robbery.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, idiomatic, verb-object
    to take advantage of somebody's weakness to overcharge them; to make somebody pay through the nose
    (syn.) 勒索, 訛, 敲诈, 敲詐, 讹, 敲剥, 阉钱, 敲, 訛詐, 敲剝, 閹錢, 讹诈
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    汤姆被敲竹杠了。
    湯姆被敲竹槓了。
    tāng mǔ bèi qiāo zhú gàng le 。
    • Tom got ripped off.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    你唔会对著你啲兄弟敲竹杠啩？
    你唔會對著你啲兄弟敲竹槓啩？
    nei5 m4 wui5 deoi3 zyu6 nei5 di1 hing1 dai6 haau1 zuk1 gong3 gwaa3?
    • You won't cheat your brothers for money, right?
  2. Cantonese
    呢个袋要3000蚊简直系敲竹杠。
    呢個袋要3000蚊簡直係敲竹槓。
    ni1 go3 doi2 jiu3 saam1 cin1 man1 gaan2 zik6 hai6 haau1 zuk1 gong3.
    • Paying $3000 for this bag is just a daylight robbery.