做官

Chinese

		to do; to make; to produce	official; government; organ of body
simp. and trad. (做官)		做	官
alternative forms		作官

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zuòguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou⁶ gun¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): cho-kôn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chòe-koaⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zuòguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zuòguan
    • Wade–Giles: tso⁴-kuan¹
    • Yale: dzwò-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohguan
    • Palladius: цзогуань (czoguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zou⁶ gun¹
    • Yale: jouh gūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶ gun¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou⁶ gun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²² kuːn⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: cho-kôn
    • Hakka Romanization System: zo gon´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zo⁴ gon¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡so⁵⁵ kon²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chòe-koaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: tsuè-kuann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoea'kvoaf
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sue²¹⁻⁴¹ kuã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sue¹¹⁻⁵³ kuã⁴⁴/

Verb

做官

1. to become an official; to take an official post; to become a government employee

Synonyms

• 仕宦 (shìhuàn) (literary)
• 任官 (rènguān) (literary)
• 入仕 (rùshì) (literary)
• 出仕 (chūshì) (literary)
• 居官 (jūguān) (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)

 

Derived terms

• 欲好額等後世，欲做官學做戲／欲好额等后世，欲做官学做戏