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  • 1

    n.government official; office holder; officeholder; public servant; officer

    • wài jiāo guān

      外交

      diplomat

    • jūn guān

      officer

    • guān yún

      official

  • 2

    n.organ (a part of the body)

    • wǔ guān

      the five sense organs

    • gǎn guān

      sense organ

    • qì guān

      organ

  • 3

    adj.official; governmental; state-owned

    • guān fèng

      official emolument

    • guān fèi

      funds from public coffer

    • guān bàn

      government-run

  • 4

    adj.public; general

    • guān kuǎn

      public fund

    • guān cè

      public toilet

    • guān dà dào

      大道

      public avenue

Words and phrases with 官

  • 官路
    [word]official career
  • 官气
    [word]bureaucratic airs
  • 官差
    [word]government business; government corvée
  • 官府
    [word]local authorities; feudal official
  • 官人
    [word]person with an official position; term of respectful address for a man in the Song Dynasty
  • 官方
    [word]government
  • 官腔
    [word]bureaucratic tone
  • 官僚资本
    [word]capital owned by bureaucratic-capitalist class
  • 官家
    [word]government authorities; emperor
  • 官复原职
    [idiom]be reinstated in one's former position
  • 官官相护
    [idiom]bureaucrats shield one another
  • 官样文章
    [idiom]mere formalities
  • 官官相卫
    [idiom]Bureaucrats/officials protect each other.
  • 官逼民反
    [idiom]Oppressive government drives the people to rebellion.
  • 官运亨通
    [idiom]have a successful official career
  • 官卑职小
    [idiom]be merely a petty official
  • 官报私仇
    [idiom]officer avenges oneself
  • 官僚主义
    [idiom]bureaucratism

Word usage

  • "官" is often matched with measure word "个".
    • one officer

Similar-form characters to 官

Chinese Characters with pinyin guān

  • door bolt; shut
  • look; sight
  • hat; corona
  • coffin
  • long-stem water grass; a mat made of tabernaemontanus bulrush