吃空缺

吃空缺

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	vacancy; inadequacy; shortage vacancy; inadequacy; shortage; gap
simp. and trad. (吃空缺)		吃	空缺

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chīkòngquē

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄎㄨㄥˋ ㄑㄩㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hek³ hung¹ kyut³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: chīkòngquē
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄎㄨㄥˋ ㄑㄩㄝ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chykonqchiue
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰɥ̯œ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hek³ hung¹ kyut³
    • Yale: hek hūng kyut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ hung¹ kyt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: hég³ hung¹ küd³
    • IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ hʊŋ⁵⁵ kʰyːt̚³/

Verb

吃空缺

1. to line one's pockets with the salaries alloted to soldiers existing only in name on the payroll (of army officers); to embezzle by misrepresenting the payroll

Synonyms

• 吃空額／吃空额 (chīkòng'é)
• (Min Nan) 食卯名