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賄賂

賄賂

See also: 贿赂

Chinese

		bribe; bribery	bribe; bribery
trad. (賄賂)		賄	賂
simp. (贿赂)		贿	赂

Verb

賄賂

to bribe

Noun

賄賂

Synonyms

行賄／行贿 (xínghuì)

See also

受賄／受贿 (shòuhuì)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (賄賂):

Japanese: 賄賂 (わいろ) ‎(wairo)
Korean: 회뢰 (賄賂, hoeroe)
Vietnamese: hối lộ ‎(賄賂)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
賄	賂
わい Grade: S	ろ Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

賄賂 ‎(hiragana わいろ, romaji wairo)

bribe

Korean

Hanja in this term
賄	賂

Noun

賄賂 • ‎(hoeroe) ‎(hangeul 회뢰)

Hanja form^? of 회뢰, “bribe”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): huìlù

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kui² lou⁶, fui² lou⁶
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): yu⁴ lu⁴
Min Nan (POJ): hóe-lō͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: huìlù → huìlu (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄨˋ → ㄏㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄨ˙ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huey.luh
  - IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ lu⁵¹/ → /xu̯eɪ̯⁵¹ lu¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: kui² lou⁶, fui² lou⁶
  - Yale: kúi louh, fúi louh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kui² lou⁶, fui² lou⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /kʰuːi̯³⁵ lou̯²²/, /fuːi̯³⁵ lou̯²²/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: yu⁴ lu⁴
  - IPA: /iu⁵³⁻⁵⁵ lu⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóe-lō͘
  - Tâi-lô: hué-lōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoeflo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hue⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ lɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hue⁵³⁻⁴⁴ lɔ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ lɔ³³/