贿 (huì): (bound form) bribery
贿 (huì) is a Chinese character meaning “(bound form) bribery.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 贝 (structural) and 有 (structural). It ranks #2465 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 贿 to possess 有 wealth 贝. Its radical form 贝 (shell) appears in many related characters such as 贵 (guì, abbr. for Guizhou Province 貴州|贵州[Gui4 zhou1]), 负 (fù, to bear), 责 (zé, responsibility).
Definitions
- (bound form) bribery
Etymology & Origin
ideographicTo possess 有 wealth 贝
Decomposition: ⿰贝有 (layout: left-right)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 贿赂 | huì lù | to bribe |
| 行贿 | xíng huì | to offer a bribe |
| 受贿 | shòu huì | to accept a bribe |
| 纳贿 | nà huì | bribery |
| 索贿 | suǒ huì | to exact bribes |
| 贪贿无艺 | tān huì wú yì | greed for bribes knows no bounds (idiom) |
| 贿选 | huì xuǎn | to buy votes (in an election) |
| 贿买 | huì mǎi | to bribe |
| 性贿赂 | xìng huì lù | to sexually bribe |
| 涉贿 | shè huì | to be suspected of bribery |
贿 appears in 10 compound words: 30 as the first character, 50 as the last, and 20 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 贿 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (1)
Example Sentences
贿字的写法很特别，让我印象深刻。
huì zì de xiě fǎ hěn tè bié , ràng wǒ yìn xiàng shēn kè .
The character for bribe is written in a very distinctive way, which left a deep impression on me.
时任科大教授涉收贿兼向同事派利是助学生入读硕士课程 准保释...
shí rèn kē dà jiào shòu shè shōu huì jiān xiàng tóng shì pài lì shì zhù xué shēng rù dòu shuò shì kè chéng zhǔn bǎo shì . . .
Former HKUST professor accused of accepting bribes and giving red envelopes to colleagues to help students gain admission to master's programs granted bail...
海南省委原常委、海口市委原书记罗增斌受贿3.17亿 一审判死缓
hǎi nán shěng wěi yuán cháng wěi , hǎi kǒu shì wěi yuán shū jì luó zēng 斌 shòu huì 3 . 1 7 yì yī shěn pàn sǐ huǎn
Luo Zengbin, former member of the Standing Committee of the Hainan Provincial Party Committee and former secretary of the Haikou Municipal Party Committee, accepted a bribe of 317 million yuan and was suspended in the first trial
图利收贿 “黄金署长”黄季敏判55年8月
tú lì shōu huì huáng jīn shǔ cháng huáng jì mǐn pàn 5 5 nián 8 yuè
Tuli accepted bribes "Director of Gold" Huang Jimin was sentenced to 55 years and 8 months
...涉石油贪腐 收中国国企子公司210万美元贿赂
. . . shè shí yóu tān fǔ shōu zhōng guó guó qǐ zǐ gōng sī 2 1 0 wàn měi yuán huì lù
... Oil-related corruption accepted a bribe of US$2.1 million from a subsidiary of a Chinese state-owned enterprise
涉行贿800万换取贷款申请 反贪会捕前电讯公司...
shè háng huì 8 0 0 wàn huàn qǔ dài kuǎn shēn qǐng fǎn tān huì bǔ qián diàn xùn gōng sī . . .
Involved in bribery of 8 million yuan in exchange for loan applications, the Anti-Corruption Commission arrested the former telecommunications company...
市长否认收受了贿赂。
Shìzhǎng fǒurèn shōushòu le huìlù.
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.
警方不应该收取贿赂。
Jǐngfāng bù yīnggāi shōuqǔ huìlù.
Police shouldn't take bribes.
Character Family
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