官吏

Chinese

		official; government; organ of body	minor official
simp. and trad. (官吏)		官	吏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guānlì

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gun¹ lei⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kôn-li
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koaⁿ-lī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guānlì
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guanlì
    • Wade–Giles: kuan¹-li⁴
    • Yale: gwān-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guanlih
    • Palladius: гуаньли (guanʹli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵ li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gun¹ lei⁶
    • Yale: gūn leih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gun¹ lei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gun¹ léi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn⁵⁵ lei̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kôn-li
    • Hakka Romanization System: gon^ˊ li
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gon¹ li⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kon²⁴⁻¹¹ li⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koaⁿ-lī
    • Tâi-lô: kuann-lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kvoali
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /kuã⁴⁴⁻²² li²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /kuã³³ li⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuã⁴⁴⁻²² li²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /kuã⁴⁴⁻³³ li³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuã⁴⁴⁻³³ li³³/

Noun

官吏

1. (chiefly historical) functionary; government official; office holder

Synonyms

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• 內臣 / 内臣 (nèichén) (historical)
• 公僕 / 公仆 (gōngpú)
• 公務員 / 公务员 (gōngwùyuán)
• 公職人員 / 公职人员 (gōngzhí rényuán)
• 君子 (jūnzǐ) (Classical Chinese)
• 官僚 (guānliáo)
• 官員 / 官员 (guānyuán)
• 官宦 (guānhuàn) (chiefly historical)
• 宦官 (huànguān) (chiefly historical)
• 有司 (yǒusī) (archaic)
• 臣僚 (chénliáo) (historical, in a monarchy)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
官	吏
かん Grade: 4	り Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kã̠n̺ɾʲi]
• (Tokyo) かんり [káꜜǹrì] (Atamadaka – [1])

Noun

官(かん)吏(り) • (kanri) ^{←くわんり (kwanri)?}

1. public servant

References

• “官吏”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
官	吏

Noun

官吏 • (gwalli) (hangeul 관리)

1. hanja form^? of 관리 (“public servant”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
官	吏

Noun

官吏

1. chữ Hán form of quan lại (“public servant, government official”)