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
Min Nan (POJ): hoān-koaⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: huànguān
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huannguan
  - IPA ^(key): /xu̯än⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: waan⁶ gun¹
  - Yale: waahn gūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: waan⁶ gun¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wan⁶ gun¹
  - IPA ^(key): /wäːn²² kuːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fon-kôn
  - Hakka Romanization System: fon gon´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fon⁴ gon¹
  - IPA: /fon⁵⁵ kon²⁴/
Min Nan
- (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

宦官

(literary, historical) eunuch of a palace or court; imperial eunuch
(literary, historical) official; functionary

Synonyms

(eunuch of a palace): 寺人 (sìrén), 太監／太监 (tàijiàn), 閹宦／阉宦 (yānhuàn), 閹人／阉人 (yānrén)
(official): 官吏 (guānlì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
宦	官
Hyōgaiji	Grade: 4

Noun

宦官 (hiragana かんがん, rōmaji kangan)

eunuch

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