貶官

Chinese

		to diminish; to demote; reduce or devaluate to diminish; to demote; reduce or devaluate; disparage; censure; depreciate	official; government; organ of body
trad. (貶官)		貶	官
simp. (贬官)		贬	官

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): biǎnguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˇ ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bin² gun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: biǎnguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˇ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: biǎnguan
    • Wade–Giles: pien³-kuan¹
    • Yale: byǎn-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beanguan
    • Palladius: бяньгуань (bjanʹguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bin² gun¹
    • Yale: bín gūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bin² gun¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bin² gun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn³⁵ kuːn⁵⁵/

Verb

貶⫽官 (verb-object)

1. to demote (an official)

Synonyms

• 左遷／左迁 (zuǒqiān) (literary)
• 甪職／甪职 (Hokkien)
• 落格 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 貶斥／贬斥 (biǎnchì) (literary)
• 貶職／贬职 (biǎnzhí) (literary)
• 貶黜／贬黜 (biǎnchù) (literary)
• 降級／降级 (jiàngjí)
• 降職／降职 (jiàngzhí)

 

Noun

貶官

1. demoted official