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 ㄍㄨㄢㄩˋ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maai⁶ gun¹ juk⁶ zoek³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: màiguān yù jué
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄢㄩˋ 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

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

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