官司

Chinese

		official; government; organ of body	company; control
simp. and trad. (官司)		官	司

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guānsi, guānsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢ ˙ㄙ, ㄍㄨㄢ ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gun¹ si¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kôn-sṳ̂
• Jin (Wiktionary): guan¹ si¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): guăng-sṳ̆
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koaⁿ-si

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guānsi
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ ˙ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guansi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: kuan¹-ssŭ⁵
    • Yale: gwān-sz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guan.sy
    • Palladius: гуаньсы (guanʹsy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵ sz̩²/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guānsī
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guansih
    • Wade–Giles: kuan¹-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: gwān-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guansy
    • Palladius: гуаньсы (guanʹsy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gun¹ si¹
    • Yale: gūn sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gun¹ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gun¹ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kôn-sṳ̂
    • Hakka Romanization System: gon´ sii´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gon¹ si¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kon²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨ²⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: guan¹ si¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /kuæ̃¹¹ sz̩¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: guăng-sṳ̆
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuaŋ⁵⁵ ^(s-)ny⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koaⁿ-si
    • Tâi-lô: kuann-si
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kvoasy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kuã⁴⁴⁻²² si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuã³³ si³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuã⁴⁴⁻²² si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuã⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuã⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴⁴/

Noun

官司

1. (law, colloquial) lawsuit (Classifier: 場／场 m c; 單／单 c)
2. (figuratively) battle; conflict; dispute (Classifier: 場／场 m c)

Synonyms

• (lawsuit): 訟事／讼事 (sòngshì)

Derived terms

• 吃官司 (chī guānsi)
• 打官司
• 筆墨官司／笔墨官司

 

See also

• 告狀／告状 (gàozhuàng)
• 控告 (kònggào)
• 控訴／控诉 (kòngsù)
• 起訴／起诉 (qǐsù)
• 投訴／投诉 (tóusù)
• 指控 (zhǐkòng)
• 訴訟／诉讼 (sùsòng)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guānsī

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢ ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gun¹ si¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kôn-sṳ̂
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koaⁿ-si

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guānsī
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guansih
    • Wade–Giles: kuan¹-ssŭ¹
    • Yale: gwān-sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guansy
    • Palladius: гуаньсы (guanʹsy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gun¹ si¹
    • Yale: gūn sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gun¹ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gun¹ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kôn-sṳ̂
    • Hakka Romanization System: gon´ sii´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gon¹ si¹
    • Sinological IPA: /kon²⁴⁻¹¹ sɨ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koaⁿ-si
    • Tâi-lô: kuann-si
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kvoasy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kuã⁴⁴⁻²² si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuã³³ si³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuã⁴⁴⁻²² si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuã⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuã⁴⁴⁻³³ si⁴⁴/

Noun

官司

1. (archaic) official duties and responsibilities
2. (archaic) officials of all levels and positions

Japanese

Kanji in this term
官	司
かん Grade: 4	し Grade: 4
on’yomi

Noun

官(かん)司(し) • (kanshi) 

1. (archaic) a government office
2. (archaic) a government official