官話

See also: 官话

Chinese

		official; government; organ of body	spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (官話)		官	話
simp. (官话)		官	话

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 官話

1. Mandarin; Guanhua (group of Northern Chinese dialects including Putonghua (Standard Chinese))
2. bureaucratic gibberish; high-sounding but insincere words; officialese

Synonyms

• (Mandarin): 北方話／北方话 (běifānghuà)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
官	話
かん Grade: 4	わ Grade: 2
on'yomi	kan'yōon

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 官話 (MC kwan hwaejH).

Noun

官(かん)話(わ) • (kanwa) ^{←くわんわ (kwan'wa)?}

1. Mandarin; Guanhua (group of Northern Chinese dialects including Putonghua (Standard Chinese))

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Korean

Hanja in this term
官	話

Noun

官話 • (gwanhwa) (hangeul 관화)

1. Hanja form^? of 관화 (“Mandarin; Guanhua (group of Northern Chinese dialects including Putonghua (Standard Chinese))”).

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Okinawan

Kanji in this term
官	話
くゎん Grade: 4	ふぁー Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 官話 (MC kwan hwaejH). Cognate to Japanese 官話 (kanwa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʷam̩ɸaː/

Noun

官(くゎん)話(ふぁー) (kwanfā) 

1. Mandarin; Guanhua (group of Northern Chinese dialects including Putonghua (Standard Chinese))

References

• “くぁんふぁー・くゎんふぁー【官話】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.
• “クヮンファー” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary (archived; reopens 2024).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
官	話

Noun

官話

1. chữ Hán form of Quan thoại (“Mandarin; Guanhua”).