吃空缺

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	vacancy; inadequacy; shortage vacancy; inadequacy; shortage; gap
simp. and trad. (吃空缺)		吃	空缺

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chīkòngquē

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄎㄨㄥˋ ㄑㄩㄝ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hek³ hung¹ kyut³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: chīkòngquē
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄎㄨㄥˋ ㄑㄩㄝ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chykonqchiue
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ kʰʊŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰɥ̯œ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hek³ hung¹ kyut³
  - Yale: hek hūng kyut
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hek⁸ hung¹ kyt⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: hég³ hung¹ küd³
  - IPA ^(key): /hɛːk̚³ hʊŋ⁵⁵ kʰyːt̚³/

Verb

吃空缺

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

吃空額／吃空额 (chīkòng'é)
(Min Nan) 食卯名

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