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贿

huì

HSK 6 Character Traditional 賄

What 贿 means

1. bound formbribery

Example sentences

• 警方不应该收取贿赂。
  Jǐngfāng bù yīnggāi shōuqǔ huìlù.
  Police shouldn't take bribes.
• 市长否认收受了贿赂。
  The mayor denied having taken a bribe.
• 该法案的说客把游说贿款汇入了竞选基金。
  Gāi fǎ'àn de shuìkè bǎ yóushuì huì kuǎn huìrù le jìngxuǎn jījīn.
  Lobbyists for the bill funneled bribes into a campaign fund.
• 虽然她知道那家公司不但对当地官员行贿而且也给她的家人带了了极大的麻烦，可她还是应聘了那家公司的一份工作。
  Suīrán tā zhīdào nà jiā gōngsī bù dàn duì dāngdì guānyuán xínghuì érqiě yě gěi tā de jiārén dài liǎoliǎo jídà de máfan, kě tā háishi yìngpìn le nà jiā gōngsī de yī fèn gōngzuò.
  She applied for a job at the company that had not only bribed local officials but also caused huge problems for her own family.
• 洛克希德丑闻是席卷美国主要飞机制造行业的世界性贪污丑闻。1976年2月被公布于众的洛克希德丑闻主要涉及到客机交易中的贪污受贿行为。
  Luò kè xī dé chǒuwén shì xíjuǎn Měiguó zhǔyào fēijī zhìzào hángyè de shìjiè xìng tānwū chǒuwén.1976 nián 2 yuè bèi gōngbù yú zhòng de Luò kè xī dé chǒuwén zhǔyào shèjí dào kèjī jiāoyì zhōng de tānwū shòuhuì xíngwéi.
  The Lockheed scandal is a worldwide corruption scandal involving the major American plane manufacturer Lockheed. It came to light in February 1976 and revolved mainly around the acceptance of passenger plane contracts.

Words starting with 贿

• 贿赂huì lùto bribe; a bribe
• 贿买huì mǎito bribe; bribery
• 贿选huì xuǎnto buy votes (in an election)

Words containing 贿

• 受贿shòu huìto accept a bribe
• 行贿xíng huìto offer a bribe
• 涉贿shè huìto be suspected of bribery
• 纳贿nà huìbribery; to give or accept bribes
• 索贿suǒ huìto exact bribes; to solicit bribes; to demand bribes
• 贪贿无艺tān huì wú yìgreed for bribes knows no bounds (idiom); unbridled corruption
• 性贿赂xìng huì lùto sexually bribe

Characters that look like 贿

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 维wéito preserve; to maintain; to hold together
• 距jùto be at a distance of ... from; to be apart from; (bound form) distance…
• 矩jǔcarpenter's square; rule; regulation
• 眶kuàng(bound form) eye socket; Taiwan pr. kuāng
• 赈zhènto provide relief; to aid
• 胭yānrouge

Sounds the same

Read huì, tone for tone, but written differently.

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• 汇to remit; to converge (of rivers); to exchange
• 惠(bound form) act of kindness (from a superior); (honorific prefix) kind (as in 惠顾
• 慧intelligent
• 绘to draw; to paint; to depict; to portray
• 讳to avoid mentioning; taboo word; name of deceased emperor or superior
• 蕙Coumarouna odorata
• 溃used in 溃脓; Taiwan pr. kuì
• 卉plants
• 烩to braise; to cook (rice etc) with vegetables, meat and water
• 诲to teach; to instruct; to induce
• 晦(bound form) last day of a lunar month; (bound form) dark; gloomy; (literary) night