挪用

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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

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

to embezzle; to misappropriate
to divert (funds); to reassign

Synonyms

(to embezzle):

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)

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