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官

guān

HSK 5 Character Measure word 个

What 官 means

1. government official
2. governmental
3. official
4. public
5. organ of the body

Other readings

官 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Guānsurname Guan

Example sentences

• 法官在哪里？
  Fǎguān zài nǎlǐ?
  Where's the judge?
• 我要订官舱。
  Wǒ yào dìng guāncāng.
  I want to reserve a first-class stateroom.
• 是的，长官。
  Aye aye, sir.
• 一名警官跑过。
  Yī míng jǐngguān pǎo guo.
  A policeman ran past.
• 这是官方消息。
  This news is official.
• 法官判决定谳。
  The judge's decision is final.

Words starting with 官

• 官方guān fānggovernment; official (approved or issued by an authority)
• 官员guān yuánofficial (in an organization or government); administrator
• 官司guān silawsuit
• 官兵guān bīng(military) officers and soldiers; officers and men; (old) government troops
• 官僚guān liáobureaucrat; bureaucracy; bureaucratic
• 官场guān chǎngofficialdom; bureaucracy
• 官吏guān lìbureaucrat; official
• 官府guān fǔauthorities; feudal official
• 官邸guān dǐofficial residence
• 官职guān zhían official position; a job in the bureaucracy
• 官僚主义guān liáo zhǔ yìbureaucracy
• 官话guān huà"officialese"; bureaucratic language; Mandarin
• 官位guān wèiofficial post
• 官家guān jiāemperor; government; official
• 官倒guān dǎospeculation by officials; profiteering by government employees; bureaucratic turpitude
• 官衔guān xiántitle; official rank
• 官价guān jiàofficial price
• 官制guān zhìthe civil service system; the bureaucratic system
• 官名guān míngname of job in Imperial bureaucracy; official position
• 官子guān zǐendgame (in go)
• 官学guān xuéschool or academic institution (old)
• 官客guān kèmale guest at party
• 官样guān yàngofficial manner
• 官网guān wǎngofficial website (abbr. for 官方网站

Words containing 官

• 器官qì guān(physiology) organ; apparatus
• 打官司dǎ guān sito file a lawsuit; to sue; to dispute
• 法官fǎ guānjudge (in court)
• 军官jūn guānofficer (military)
• 警官jǐng guānconstable; police officer
• 长官zhǎng guānsenior official; senior officer; commanding officer
• 考官kǎo guānan examiner (for tests, interviews etc); (old) imperial examination official
• 贪官tān guāncorrupt official; grasping functionary; greedy mandarin
• 五官wǔ guānfive sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳); facial features
• 教官jiào guānmilitary instructor
• 高官gāo guānhigh official
• 检察官jiǎn chá guānpublic prosecutor; public procurator…
• 外交官wài jiāo guāndiplomat
• 感官gǎn guānsense; sense organ
• 做官zuò guānto take an official post; to become a government employee
• 指挥官zhǐ huī guāncommander
• 上官shàng guānhigh-ranking official; superior
• 副官fù guānaide-de-camp
• 县官xiàn guāndistrict magistrate; county magistrate
• 司令官sī lìng guāncommander; officer in charge
• 贪官污吏tān guān wū lìgrasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption
• 看官kàn guān(old) (used by novelists) dear readers; (used by storytellers) dear audience members
• 升官shēng guānto get promoted
• 大法官dà fǎ guāngrand justice; high court justice; supreme court justice

Characters that look like 官

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 室shìroom; work unit; grave
• 贡gòngto offer tribute; tribute; gifts
• 宫gōngpalace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment)
• 盲mángblind
• 宦huànimperial official; court eunuch
• 肓huāngregion between heart and diaphragm

Sounds the same

Read guān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 关mountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to confine; to lock (sb) up…
• 观to look at; to watch; to observe
• 棺coffin
• 莞Skimmia japonica
• 冠hat; crown; crest
• 倌keeper of domestic animals; herdsman; (old) hired hand in certain trade
• 鳏widower
• 蒄(herb mentioned in ancient texts)
• 瘝incapacitated; inefficient
• 関variant of 关
• 覌variant of 观
• 闗old variant of 关