掠奪

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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

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

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.
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】

a looting, plunder, robbery

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)

hanja form^? of 약탈 (“plundering; pillaging; looting; robbery”)

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