賣官鬻爵

See also: 卖官鬻爵

Chinese

		to take bribes in exchange for granting an official title	to sell ranks
trad. (賣官鬻爵)		賣官	鬻爵
simp. (卖官鬻爵)		卖官	鬻爵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): màiguān yù jué

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄩˋ ㄐㄩㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maai⁶ gun¹ juk⁶ zoek³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: màiguān yù jué
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄩˋ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: màiguan yù jyué
    • Wade–Giles: mai⁴-kuan¹ yü⁴ chüeh²
    • Yale: mài-gwān yù jywé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mayguan yuh jyue
    • Palladius: майгуань юй цзюэ (majguanʹ juj czjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ y⁵¹ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maai⁶ gun¹ juk⁶ zoek³
    • Yale: maaih gūn yuhk jeuk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maai⁶ gun¹ juk⁹ dzoek⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: mai⁶ gun¹ yug⁶ zêg³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːi̯²² kuːn⁵⁵ jʊk̚² t͡sœːk̚³/

Idiom

賣官鬻爵

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