芝麻官

Chinese

			official; government; organ of body
trad. (芝麻官)		芝麻	官
simp. #(芝麻官)		芝麻	官
Literally: “sesame official”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhīmaguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄓ ˙ㄇㄚ ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi¹ maa⁴ gun¹

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhīmaguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ ˙ㄇㄚ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhihmåguan
    • Wade–Giles: chih¹-ma⁵-kuan¹
    • Yale: jr̄-ma-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jy.maguan
    • Palladius: чжимагуань (čžimaguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ mä² ku̯än⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhīmaguānr
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ ˙ㄇㄚ ㄍㄨㄢㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhihmåguanr
    • Wade–Giles: chih¹-ma⁵-kuan¹-ʼrh
    • Yale: jr̄-ma-gwānr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jy.magual
    • Palladius: чжимагуаньр (čžimaguanʹr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ mä² ku̯ɑɻ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi¹ maa⁴ gun¹
    • Yale: jī màh gūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi¹ maa⁴ gun¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji¹ ma⁴ gun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː⁵⁵ maː²¹ kuːn⁵⁵/

Noun

芝麻官

1. (figurative, derogatory or humorous) low-ranking official; petty bureaucrat