"賣官" meaning in Chinese

See 賣官 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /maɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /maːi̯²² kuːn⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /mai̯⁵⁵ kon²⁴/ [Hakka, Miaoli, Neipu, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /mɛ²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾uaŋ⁵⁵/ [Fuzhou, Min-Dong, Sinological-IPA], /ma²² kuø⁴⁴/ [Northern, Shanghai, Sinological-IPA, Wu], /maɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/, /maːi̯²² kuːn⁵⁵/, /mai̯⁵⁵ kon²⁴/, /mɛ²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾uaŋ⁵⁵/, /ma²² kuø⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: màiguān [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄇㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄢ [Mandarin, bopomofo], maai⁶ gun¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], mai-kôn [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], mâ̤-guăng [Foochow-Romanized, Min-Dong], ⁶ma-kuoe, màiguān [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄇㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄢ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], màiguan [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], mai⁴-kuan¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], mài-gwān [Mandarin, Yale, standard], mayguan [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], майгуань [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], majguanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], maaih gūn [Cantonese, Yale], maai⁶ gun¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], mai⁶ gun¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], mai-kôn [Hakka, Miaoli, Neipu, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], mai^ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Miaoli, Neipu, Sixian], gonˊ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Miaoli, Neipu, Sixian], mai⁴ gon¹ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Miaoli, Neipu, Sixian], mâ̤-guăng [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou, Min-Dong], ⁶ma-kuoe [Northern, Wu], ma^去 kuoe [Northern, Wu], ³ma-kuoe [Northern, Shanghai, Wiktionary-specific, Wu] Forms: 卖官
Head templates: {{zh-verb}} 賣官
  1. (archaic) to take bribes in exchange for granting an official title Tags: archaic Derived forms: 賣官鬻爵 (màiguān yù jué), 卖官鬻爵 (màiguān yù jué), 賣官鬻獄, 卖官鬻狱
    Sense id: en-賣官-zh-verb-vHUKbiw9 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Crime
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Crime",
          "orig": "zh:Crime",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "màiguān yù jué",
          "word": "賣官鬻爵"
        },
        {
          "roman": "màiguān yù jué",
          "word": "卖官鬻爵"
        },
        {
          "word": "賣官鬻獄"
        },
        {
          "word": "卖官鬻狱"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to take bribes in exchange for granting an official title"
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) to take bribes in exchange for granting an official title"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "màiguān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "maai⁶ gun¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mai-kôn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Min-Dong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mâ̤-guăng"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶ma-kuoe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "màiguān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "màiguan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mai⁴-kuan¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mài-gwān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mayguan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "майгуань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "majguanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/maɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "maaih gūn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "maai⁶ gun¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mai⁶ gun¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/maːi̯²² kuːn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mai-kôn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mai^"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gonˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mai⁴ gon¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mai̯⁵⁵ kon²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Min-Dong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mâ̤-guăng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛ²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾uaŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Min-Dong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶ma-kuoe"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ma^去 kuoe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³ma-kuoe"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ma²² kuø⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Wu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/maɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/maːi̯²² kuːn⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mai̯⁵⁵ kon²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛ²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾uaŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ma²² kuø⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "賣官"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "màiguān yù jué",
      "word": "賣官鬻爵"
    },
    {
      "roman": "màiguān yù jué",
      "word": "卖官鬻爵"
    },
    {
      "word": "賣官鬻獄"
    },
    {
      "word": "卖官鬻狱"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "卖官",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "賣官",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese verbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 官",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 賣",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Chinese terms with archaic senses",
        "Chinese verbs",
        "Eastern Min lemmas",
        "Eastern Min verbs",
        "Hakka lemmas",
        "Hakka verbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Wu lemmas",
        "Wu verbs",
        "zh:Crime"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to take bribes in exchange for granting an official title"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) to take bribes in exchange for granting an official title"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "màiguān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "maai⁶ gun¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mai-kôn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Min-Dong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mâ̤-guăng"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶ma-kuoe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "màiguān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "màiguan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mai⁴-kuan¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mài-gwān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mayguan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "майгуань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "majguanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/maɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "maaih gūn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "maai⁶ gun¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mai⁶ gun¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/maːi̯²² kuːn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mai-kôn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mai^"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gonˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mai⁴ gon¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mai̯⁵⁵ kon²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Min-Dong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mâ̤-guăng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛ²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾uaŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Min-Dong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶ma-kuoe"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ma^去 kuoe"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³ma-kuoe"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ma²² kuø⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Wu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/maɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/maːi̯²² kuːn⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mai̯⁵⁵ kon²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛ²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ⁽ᵏ⁻⁾uaŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ma²² kuø⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "賣官"
}

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