當官

Chinese

		to act as; represent; equal to act as; represent; equal; should; fitting; suitable; adequate; proper; replace; to be; to hold a position; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; match equally; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at	official; government; organ of body
trad. (當官)		當	官
simp. (当官)		当	官

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dāngguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄤ ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dong¹ gun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dāngguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄤ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dangguan
    • Wade–Giles: tang¹-kuan¹
    • Yale: dāng-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dangguan
    • Palladius: дангуань (danguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑŋ⁵⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dong¹ gun¹
    • Yale: dōng gūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dong¹ gun¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dong¹ gun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔːŋ⁵⁵ kuːn⁵⁵/

Verb

當官

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

Synonyms

• 仕宦 (shìhuàn) (literary)
• 任官 (rènguān) (literary)
• 做官 (zuòguān)
• 入仕 (rùshì) (literary)
• 出仕 (chūshì) (literary)
• 居官 (jūguān) (literary)
• 從政／从政 (cóngzhèng)
• 臣仕 (chénshì) (Classical Chinese, of a minister)
• 蒞官／莅官 (lìguān) (literary)