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上鉤

上鉤

See also: 上钩

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	entice; hook
trad. (上鉤/上鈎)		上	鉤/鈎
simp. (上钩)		上	钩

Verb

上鉤

(of fish) to take the hook; to take the bait
(figuratively) to rise to a bait; to be drawn in; to be tricked

Derived terms

願者上鉤／愿者上钩 (yuàn zhě shànggōu)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shànggōu

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄍㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁵ ngau¹
Min Nan (POJ): siōng-kau / siāng-kau

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: shànggōu
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄍㄡ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqgou
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ koʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: shànggōur
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄍㄡㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqgoul
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ kɤʊɻʷ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng⁵ ngau¹
  - Yale: séuhng ngāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁵ ngau¹
  - IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ¹³ ŋɐu̯⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-kau
  - Tâi-lô: siōng-kau
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioxngkaw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ kaʊ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² kaʊ³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siāng-kau
  - Tâi-lô: siāng-kau
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siaxngkaw
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiaŋ²²⁻²¹ kaʊ⁴⁴/