宦官

Chinese

		an official	official; government; organ of body
simp. and trad. (宦官)		宦	官
anagram		官宦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huànguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waan⁶ gun¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fon-kôn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoān-koaⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huànguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huànguan
    • Wade–Giles: huan⁴-kuan¹
    • Yale: hwàn-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huannguan
    • Palladius: хуаньгуань (xuanʹguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯än⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waan⁶ gun¹
    • Yale: waahn gūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waan⁶ gun¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wan⁶ gun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːn²² kuːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fon-kôn
    • Hakka Romanization System: fon gon^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fon⁴ gon¹
    • Sinological IPA: /fon⁵⁵ kon²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoān-koaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: huān-kuann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoaxnkvoaf
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huan²²⁻²¹ kuã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huan⁴¹⁻²² kuã³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan²²⁻²¹ kuã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /huan³³⁻¹¹ kuã⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan³³⁻²¹ kuã⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 宦官

1. (chiefly historical) eunuch of a palace or court; imperial eunuch
2. (chiefly historical) official; functionary

Synonyms

• (eunuch of a palace):

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• 內臣／内臣 (nèichén)
• 太監／太监 (tàijiàn) (Qing Dynasty)
• 寺人 (sìrén) (literary, historical)
• 閹人／阉人 (yānrén) (historical)
• 閹宦／阉宦 (yānhuàn) (literary, historical)

 

• (official):

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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)
• 官吏 (guānlì) (chiefly historical)
• 官員／官员 (guānyuán)
• 官宦 (guānhuàn) (chiefly historical)
• 有司 (yǒusī) (archaic)
• 臣僚 (chénliáo) (historical, in a monarchy)

 

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Japanese

Noun

宦官 • (kangan) 

1. eunuch