官 guān

official, public servant

HSK 5 #432

DEFINITIONS

  • official, public servant
  • surname Guan
  • government official
  • governmental
  • official
  • public
  • organ of the body
  • CL:個|个[ge4]

STROKES

WORDS

联络官 lián luò guān liaison officer
性器官 xìng qì guān sexual organ
五官 wǔ guān five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳); facial features
地方官 dì fāng guān local official
官兵 guān bīng officers and men
官阶 guān jiē official rank
判官 pàn guān magistrate (during Tang and Song dynasties); mythological underworld judge
官衔 guān xián title; official rank
官能 guān néng function; capability; sense (i.e. the five senses of sight 視|视, hearing 聽|听, smell 嗅, taste 味 and touch 觸|触); faculty (i.e. specific ability)
吃官司 chī guān sī to face legal action; to get sued
打官腔 dǎ guān qiāng to talk officiously; to assume the air of a functionary; to talk in official jargon
客官 kè guān (polite appellation for a guest at a hotel etc)
官吏 guān lì bureaucrat; official
贪官 tān guān corrupt official; grasping functionary; greedy mandarin
达官贵人 dá guān guì rén high official and noble persons (idiom); the great and the good
新官上任三把火 xīn guān shàng rèn sān bǎ huǒ (of a newly appointed official) to make bold changes on assuming office (idiom)
清官 qīng guān honest and upright official (traditional)
达官 dá guān high-ranking official
官话 guān huà "officialese"; bureaucratic language; Mandarin
官非 guān fēi lawsuit (from Cantonese)
官场 guān chǎng officialdom; bureaucracy
官宦 guān huàn functionary; official
官差 guān chāi official business; government workmen; odd-job men
官府 guān fǔ authorities; feudal official
官架子 guān jià zi putting on official airs
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