污吏

Chinese

		dirt; filth	minor official
trad. (污吏/汙吏)		污/汙	吏
simp. (污吏)		污	吏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wūlì

  (Zhuyin): ㄨ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu¹ lei⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): u-lī / ù-lī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wūlì
    • Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wulì
    • Wade–Giles: wu¹-li⁴
    • Yale: wū-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ulih
    • Palladius: ули (uli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu¹ lei⁶
    • Yale: wū leih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu¹ lei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu¹ léi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː⁵⁵ lei̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: u-lī
    • Tâi-lô: u-lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uli
    • IPA (Xiamen): /u⁴⁴⁻²² li²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, dated in Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ù-lī
    • Tâi-lô: ù-lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uoli
    • IPA (Xiamen): /u²¹⁻⁵³ li²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /u²¹⁻⁴¹ li³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /u¹¹⁻⁵³ li³³/

Noun

污吏

1. corrupt official

   • 目今朝廷降詔，正要沙汰這等濫官污吏！ [MSC, trad.]
     目今朝廷降诏，正要沙汰这等滥官污吏！ [MSC, simp.]

     From: Luo Guanzhong (羅貫中), Romance of the Three Kingdoms (三國演義), Chapter 2

     Mùjīn cháotíng jiàngzhào, zhèngyào shātài zhèděng lànguān wūlì! [Pinyin]

     The court has now issued an edict to get rid of corrupt officials like you!

Synonyms

• 貪吏／贪吏 (tānlì)

Derived terms

• 濫官污吏 / 滥官污吏 (lànguān-wūlì)
• 貪官污吏 / 贪官污吏 (tānguān-wūlì)