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): chīkòng'é

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄎㄨㄥˋ ㄜˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hek³ hung¹ ngaak^6-2

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: chīkòng'é
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄎㄨㄥˋ ㄜˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chykonqer
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵¹ ˀɤ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hek³ hung¹ ngaak^6-2
  - Yale: hek hūng ngáak
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ hung¹ ngaak^9-2
  - Guangdong Romanization: hég³ hung¹ ngag²
  - IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ hʊŋ⁵⁵ ŋɑːk̚²⁻³⁵/

Verb

吃空額

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 (chīkòngquē)

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