吃皇糧

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	state funds and provisions; grain tax to the government
trad. (吃皇糧)		吃	皇糧
simp. (吃皇粮)		吃	皇粮

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chī huángliáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hek³ wong⁴ loeng⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chī huángliáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chih huángliáng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹ huang²-liang²
    • Yale: chr̄ hwáng-lyáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chy hwangliang
    • Palladius: чи хуанлян (či xuanljan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ xu̯ɑŋ³⁵ li̯ɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hek³ wong⁴ loeng⁴
    • Yale: hek wòhng lèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ wong⁴ loeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hég³ wong⁴ lêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ wɔːŋ²¹ lœːŋ²¹/

Verb

吃皇糧

1. (figurative, idiomatic) to live off a government salary