宦海

Chinese

		an official	ocean; sea
simp. and trad. (宦海)		宦	海

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huànhǎi

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄏㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waan⁶ hoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huànhǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄏㄞˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huànhǎi
    • Wade–Giles: huan⁴-hai³
    • Yale: hwàn-hǎi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huannhae
    • Palladius: хуаньхай (xuanʹxaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯än⁵¹ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waan⁶ hoi²
    • Yale: waahn hói
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waan⁶ hoi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wan⁶ hoi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːn²² hɔːi̯³⁵/

Noun

宦海

1. (literary, figurative) officialdom; society of officials

Synonyms

• 官場／官场 (guānchǎng)

Derived terms

• 宦海浮沉 (huànhǎifúchén)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (宦海):

• → Korean: 환해(宦海) (hwanhae)