小金庫

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	treasury; coffers; national treasury treasury; coffers; national treasury; state treasury; exchequer; public purse; public coffers
trad. (小金庫)		小	金庫
simp. (小金库)		小	金库

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎojīnkù

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄎㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² gam¹ fu³
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵shiau-cin-khu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎojīnkù
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄎㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎojinkù
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-chin¹-kʻu⁴
    • Yale: syǎu-jīn-kù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaujinkuh
    • Palladius: сяоцзиньку (sjaoczinʹku)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ kʰu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² gam¹ fu³
    • Yale: síu gām fu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² gam¹ fu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² gem¹ fu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ kɐm⁵⁵ fuː³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵shiau-cin-khu
    • MiniDict: shiau^去 cin khu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²xiau-jin-khu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕiɔ³³ t͡ɕin⁵⁵ kʰu²¹/

Noun

小金庫

1. secret coffers; hidden reserves; off-book accounts

   • 僅以張成澤在2009年一年裡從其小金庫拿出揮霍460多萬歐元，出入海外賭場一事，足以證明他何等墮落、變質。 [MSC, trad.]
     仅以张成泽在2009年一年里从其小金库拿出挥霍460多万欧元，出入海外赌场一事，足以证明他何等堕落、变质。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2013, Korean Central News Agency, “Traitor Jang Song Thaek Executed”

     Jǐn yǐ Zhāng Chéngzé zài 2009 nián yī nián lǐ cóng qí xiǎojīnkù náchū huīhuò 460 duō wàn ōuyuán, chūrù hǎiwài dǔchǎng yī shì, zúyǐ zhèngmíng tā héděng duòluò, biànzhì. [Pinyin]

     He took at least 4.6 million Euro from his secret coffers and squandered it in 2009 alone and enjoyed himself in casino in a foreign country. These facts alone clearly show how corrupt and degenerate he was.