Chinese symbol for “bribe”
贿赂
huì lù
Traditional: 賄賂
to bribe; a bribe
The closest CC-CEDICT match for bribe is 贿赂 (huì lù), defined as: to bribe; a bribe.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “bribe”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 打点 (打點) | dǎ dian | to bribe; to get (luggage) ready |
| 买通 (買通) | mǎi tōng | to bribe |
| 赂 (賂) | lù | bribe; bribery |
| 贿买 (賄買) | huì mǎi | to bribe; bribery |
| 红包 (紅包) | hóng bāo | money wrapped in red as a gift; bonus payment |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 贿赂.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 受贿 (受賄) | shòu huì | to accept a bribe |
| 行贿 (行賄) | xíng huì | to offer a bribe |
| 贿选 (賄選) | huì xuǎn | to buy votes (in an election) |
| 索贿 (索賄) | suǒ huì | to exact bribes; to solicit bribes |
| 纳贿 (納賄) | nà huì | bribery; to give or accept bribes |
| 性贿赂 (性賄賂) | xìng huì lù | to sexually bribe |
See also: Japanese symbol for “bribe”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.