貪腐

Chinese

		greedy	decay; rotten
trad. (貪腐)		貪	腐
simp. (贪腐)		贪	腐

Etymology

Short for 貪污／贪污 (tānwū) + 腐化 (fǔhuà).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tānfǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢ ㄈㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taam¹ fu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tānfǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢ ㄈㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tanfǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tʻan¹-fu³
    • Yale: tān-fǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tanfuu
    • Palladius: таньфу (tanʹfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän⁵⁵ fu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taam¹ fu⁶
    • Yale: tāam fuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taam¹ fu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: tam¹ fu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːm⁵⁵ fuː²²/

Noun

貪腐

1. bribery and corruption