侵吞

Chinese

		to invade; to infringe; to approach	to swallow; to take
trad. (侵吞)		侵	吞
simp. #(侵吞)		侵	吞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīntūn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄣ ㄊㄨㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cam¹ tan¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhim-thun

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīntūn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄣ ㄊㄨㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cintun
    • Wade–Giles: chʻin¹-tʻun¹
    • Yale: chīn-twūn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chintuen
    • Palladius: циньтунь (cinʹtunʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰin⁵⁵ tʰu̯ən⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cam¹ tan¹
    • Yale: chām tān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsam¹ tan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: cem¹ ten¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐm⁵⁵ tʰɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhim-thun
    • Tâi-lô: tshim-thun
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chimtwn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰim³³ tʰun³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰim⁴⁴⁻²² tʰun⁴⁴/

Verb

侵吞

1. to embezzle; to misappropriate
2. to swallow up; to annex

Synonyms

• (to embezzle): 挪用 (nuóyòng), 盜用／盗用 (dàoyòng); (Min Nan) 私嗒