中飽私囊

Chinese

		to embezzle; to misappropriate; to line one's pockets with public funds or other people's money to embezzle; to misappropriate; to line one's pockets with public funds or other people's money; to batten on money entrusted to one's care	private purse; one's own pocket
trad. (中飽私囊)		中飽	私囊
simp. (中饱私囊)		中饱	私囊

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōngbǎosīnáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄅㄠˇ ㄙ ㄋㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ baau² si¹ nong⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngbǎosīnáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄅㄠˇ ㄙ ㄋㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhongbǎosihnáng
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-pao³-ssŭ¹-nang²
    • Yale: jūng-bǎu-sz̄-náng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongbaosynang
    • Palladius: чжунбаосынан (čžunbaosynan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵⁵ nɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ baau² si¹ nong⁴
    • Yale: jūng báau sī nòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ baau² si¹ nong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ bao² xi¹ nong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ paːu̯³⁵ siː⁵⁵ nɔːŋ²¹/

Idiom

中飽私囊

1. to line one's pockets