私吞

Chinese

		personal; private; selfish	to swallow; to take
simp. and trad. (私吞)		私	吞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sītūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄙ ㄊㄨㄣ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): su-thun

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sītūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄙ ㄊㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sihtun
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ¹-tʻun¹
    • Yale: sz̄-twūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sytuen
    • Palladius: сытунь (sytunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵⁵ tʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-thun
    • Tâi-lô: su-thun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: su'twn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /su⁴⁴⁻²² tʰun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /su³³ tʰun³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /su⁴⁴⁻²² tʰun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰun⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰun⁴⁴/

Verb

私吞

1. to misappropriate; to embezzle

   • 一名台商出面陳情，表示他的父親在中國大陸投資，後來被屬下私吞，他向對岸舉報，沒有想到遭到對方陷害，還被公安人員羈押長達七個月。 [MSC, trad.]
     一名台商出面陈情，表示他的父亲在中国大陆投资，后来被属下私吞，他向对岸举报，没有想到遭到对方陷害，还被公安人员羁押长达七个月。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 20111206-公視晚間新聞-中國官民勾結 台商受害冤押7個月.mpg

     Yī míng táishāng chūmiàn chénqíng, biǎoshì tā de fùqīn zài Zhōngguó dàlù tóuzī, hòulái bèi shǔxià sītūn, tā xiàng duì'àn jǔbào, méiyǒu xiǎng dào zāodào duìfāng xiànhài, hái bèi gōng'ān rényuán jīyā chángdá qī ge yuè. [Pinyin]

     A Taiwan merchant revealed that his father had been investing in Mainland China until a subordinate embezzled his assets. He reported it to Mainland China but was framed and taken into custody by police officers for as long as seven months.