掏摸

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Chinese

		fish out (from pocket)	feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke; to grope; to feel (one's pulse); imitate; copy
trad. (掏摸)		掏	摸
simp. ^#(掏摸)		掏	摸

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tāomō

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄠㄇㄛ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tāomō
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄠㄇㄛ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: taomo
  - Wade–Giles: tʻao¹-mo¹
  - Yale: tāu-mwō
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: taumho
  - Palladius: таомо (taomo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑʊ̯⁵⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵⁵/

Verb

掏摸

to reach in and find (an object); to pull out; to take out
(literary) to commit theft; to steal

Synonyms

(to take out): 拿出 (náchū)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
掏	摸
すり
Hyōgai	Hyōgai
jukujikun

Alternative spellings
掏児スリ

Etymology

Jukujikun (熟字訓). The specific spelling is an orthographic borrowing from Chinese 掏摸 (tāomō).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) すり (Atamadaka – )^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key):

Noun

掏摸(すり) • (suri)

pickpocket
掏摸(すり)に注(ちゅう)意(い)
suri ni chuui
Beware of pickpockets

Usage notes

This term is often spelled in hiragana, as すり.

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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