吃案

Chinese

		eat; eradicate; destroy eat; eradicate; destroy; receive; stammer	(legal) case; incident; record (legal) case; incident; record; file; table
trad. (吃案)		吃	案
simp. #(吃案)		吃	案

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chī'àn

  (Zhuyin): ㄔ ㄢˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chī'àn
    • Zhuyin: ㄔ ㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chih-àn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻih¹-an⁴
    • Yale: chr̄-àn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyann
    • Palladius: чиань (čianʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʐ̩⁵⁵ ˀän⁵¹/

Verb

吃⫽案 (verb-object)

1. (Taiwan, of police officers) to intentionally suppress or neglect to report a crime that has been reported by the public (often by downplaying the severity of the case or failing to follow proper reporting procedures)

References

• “吃案”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.