賣官

See also: 卖官

Chinese

		sell	official; government; organ of body
trad. (賣官)		賣	官
simp. (卖官)		卖	官

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): màiguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maai⁶ gun¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mai-kôn
• Eastern Min (BUC): mâ̤-guăng
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶ma-kuoe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: màiguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: màiguan
    • Wade–Giles: mai⁴-kuan¹
    • Yale: mài-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mayguan
    • Palladius: майгуань (majguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maai⁶ gun¹
    • Yale: maaih gūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maai⁶ gun¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mai⁶ gun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːi̯²² kuːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mai-kôn
    • Hakka Romanization System: mai gon´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mai⁴ gon¹
    • Sinological IPA: /mai̯⁵⁵ kon²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: mâ̤-guăng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɛ²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(k-)uaŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶ma-kuoe
    • MiniDict: ma^去 kuoe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ma-kuoe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ma²² kuø⁴⁴/

Verb

賣官

1. (archaic) to take bribes in exchange for granting an official title

Derived terms

• 賣官鬻爵／卖官鬻爵 (màiguān yù jué)
• 賣官鬻獄／卖官鬻狱