食卯名
Chinese
eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed |
4th earthly branch; 5–7 a.m. | name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (食卯名) | 食 | 卯 | 名 | |
| simp. #(食卯名) | 食 | 卯 | 名 | |
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chia̍h-báu-miâ
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chia̍h-báu-miâ
- Tâi-lô: tsia̍h-báu-miâ
- Phofsit Daibuun: ciaqbawmiaa
- IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ bau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ miã²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
Verb
食卯名
- (Xiamen Hokkien) to line one's pockets with the salaries allotted to soldiers existing only in name on the payroll (of army officers); to embezzle by misrepresenting the payroll