掠 (loek6) — fleet past; sweep across; skim over in Cantonese
loekˍ₆掠Mandarin Pinyin: lu:e4
Meaning of 掠
nounfleet past; sweep across; skim over
nounplunder; rob; pillage; loot; sack
nounbeat with a stick or whip
Example Sentences with 掠
班山賊奸淫擄掠無惡不作
The gang of bandits rapes and pillages, and commits all kinds of atrocities.
keoiˏ₅佢zanˉ¹真haiˍ₆係loekˍ₆掠seoiˊ²水wongˎ₄王
He's a real money-grabber.
niˉ¹呢gaanˉ¹間jeˏ₅嘢haiˍ₆係loekˍ₆掠seoiˊ²水wongˎ₄王
This place is a rip-off.
siuˊ²小samˉ¹心diˉ¹啲，,佢keoiˏ₅係haiˍ₆掠loekˍ₆水seoiˊ²王
Be careful, he's a cheat.
mˎ₄唔houˊ²好beiˊ²俾keoiˏ₅佢aakˉ¹呃，,係haiˍ₆掠loekˍ₆水seoiˊ²王
Don't let him trick you, he's a scammer.
Words Containing 掠
掠取loek6 ceoi2
to plunder; to pillage; to loot
掠奪loek6 dyut6
to ransack, rob, plunder
剽掠piu5 loek6
to rob with violence
掠影loek6 jing2
glimpses (often used in titles)
擄掠lou5 loek6
pillage; loot
掠低loek1 dai1
to kill [colloquial]
掠水王loek1 seoi2 wong4
someone who is an expert in making money through dishonest means / trickery [colloquial]
掠錢loek1 cin2
'daylight robbery' by charging an excessive and unreasonable prie for something [colloquial]
搶掠coeng2 loek6
to loot, looting
掠水loek1 seoi2
to squeeze money from people
浮光掠影fau4 gwong1 loek6 jing2
skimming over the surface; evanescent; cursory; superficial
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