吃空額

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	vacant position; vacancy
trad. (吃空額)		吃	空額
simp. (吃空额)		吃	空额

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chī kòng'é

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄎㄨㄥˋ ㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hek³ hung¹ ngaak^6-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chī kòng'é
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄎㄨㄥˋ ㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chih kòng-é
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹ kʻung⁴-o²
    • Yale: chr̄ kùng-é
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chy konqer
    • Palladius: чи кунъэ (či kunʺe)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵¹ ˀɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hek³ hung¹ ngaak^6-2
    • Yale: hek hūng ngáak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ hung¹ ngaak^9-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: hég³ hung¹ ngag^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ hʊŋ⁵⁵ ŋaːk̚²⁻³⁵/

Verb

吃空額

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

• 吃空缺 (chī kòngquē)
• (Hokkien) 食卯名