吃空餉

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	emptied; leisure; air emptied; leisure; air; sky; empty; in vain	soldier's pay
trad. (吃空餉)		吃	空	餉
simp. (吃空饷)		吃	空	饷

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chī kòngxiǎng

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄎㄨㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄤˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hek³ hung¹ hoeng²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chī kòngxiǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄎㄨㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄤˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chih kòngsiǎng
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹ kʻung⁴-hsiang³
    • Yale: chr̄ kùng-syǎng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chy konqsheang
    • Palladius: чи кунсян (či kunsjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵¹ ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hek³ hung¹ hoeng²
    • Yale: hek hūng héung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ hung¹ hoeng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hég³ hung¹ hêng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ hʊŋ⁵⁵ hœːŋ³⁵/

Verb

吃空餉

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