居官

Chinese

		reside	official; government; organ of body
simp. and trad. (居官)		居	官

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jūguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩ ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi¹ gun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jūguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyuguan
    • Wade–Giles: chü¹-kuan¹
    • Yale: jyū-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiuguan
    • Palladius: цзюйгуань (czjujguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: geoi¹ gun¹
    • Yale: gēui gūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goey¹ gun¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêu¹ gun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯⁵⁵ kuːn⁵⁵/

Verb

居官

1. (literary) to assume office; to take up an official post

Synonyms

• 仕宦 (shìhuàn) (literary)
• 任官 (rènguān) (literary)
• 做官 (zuòguān)
• 入仕 (rùshì) (literary)
• 出仕 (chūshì) (literary)
• 從政／从政 (cóngzhèng)
• 當官／当官 (dāngguān)
• 臣仕 (chénshì) (Classical Chinese, of a minister)
• 蒞官／莅官 (lìguān) (literary)