烏西

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (烏西)		烏	西
simp. (乌西)		乌	西
variant forms		烏紗／乌纱黑西

Etymology

From Japanese お歳暮 (せいぼ) (oseibo, “year-end present”).

Pronunciation

Min Nan (POJ): o͘-se / o͘-sie

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Yilan, Magong)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-se
  - Tâi-lô: oo-se
  - Phofsit Daibuun: osef
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ se⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Lukang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-sie
  - Tâi-lô: oo-sie

Verb

烏西

(Taiwanese Hokkien) to bribe

Synonyms

賄賂／贿赂 (huìlù)
行賄／行贿 (xínghuì)
(Min Nan) 楔空, 楔後空／楔后空, 楔錢／楔钱, 楔後手／楔后手, 下賂／下赂, 攝手路／摄手路

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