挪用

Chinese

		to shift; to move	to use
simp. and trad. (挪用)		挪	用

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nuóyòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄨㄛˊ ㄩㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): no⁴ jung⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): no͘-iōng / nó͘-iōng / nó͘-ēng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nuóyòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄨㄛˊ ㄩㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nuóyòng
    • Wade–Giles: no²-yung⁴
    • Yale: nwó-yùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nuoyonq
    • Palladius: ноюн (nojun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nu̯ɔ³⁵ jʊŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: no⁴ jung⁶
    • Yale: nòh yuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: no⁴ jung⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: no⁴ yung⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɔː²¹ jʊŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: no͘-iōng
    • Tâi-lô: noo-iōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: no'iong
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /nɔ̃³³ iɔŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nó͘-iōng
    • Tâi-lô: nóo-iōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nofiong
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /nɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɔŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nó͘-ēng
    • Tâi-lô: nóo-īng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nofeng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /nɔ̃⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɪŋ²²/

Verb

挪用

1. to embezzle; to misappropriate
2. to divert (funds); to reassign

Synonyms

• (to embezzle):

edit

• 侵吞 (qīntūn)
• 唍 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 挪借 (nuójiè)
• 盜用／盗用 (dàoyòng)
• 私嗒 (Hokkien)
• 耄索 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 訯 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)

 

• (to divert): 騰挪／腾挪 (téngnuó)

Derived terms

• 文化挪用 (wénhuà nuóyòng)