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guān
HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 4

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Definitions

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

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Words Containing 官

加官晋级
jiā guān jìn jí

new post and promotion

奸官污吏
jiān guān wū lì

traitor minister and corrupt official (idiom); abuse and corruption

官样
guān yàng

official manner

官家
guān jiā

emperor

冗官
rǒng guān

redundant officials

侍卫官
shì wèi guān

guard

首席信息官
shǒu xí xìn xī guān

chief information officer (CIO)

四级士官
sì jí shì guān

sergeant first class

官渡
guān dù

Guandu district of Kunming city 昆明市[kūn míng shì], Yunnan

医官
yī guān

official in charge of medical affairs

发声器官
fā shēng qì guān

vocal organs

加官晋爵
jiā guān jìn jué

to confer a title an official position

首席大法官
shǒu xí dà fǎ guān

Chief Justice (of US Supreme Court)

官田
guān tián

Guantian, the name of townships in various locations

官员
guān yuán

official (in an organization or government)

官能基
guān néng jī

functional group (chemistry)

推官
tuī guān

prefectural judge (in imperial China)

司令官
sī lìng guān

commander

升官发财
shēng guān fā cái

to be promoted and gain wealth (idiom)

辞官
cí guān

to resign a government post

官差
guān chāi

official business

官样文章
guān yàng wén zhāng

officialese

做官
zuò guān

to take an official post

官办
guān bàn

government-run; state-run

发音器官
fā yīn qì guān

vocal organs

星官
xīng guān

Chinese constellations

不怕官,只怕管
bù pà guān , zhǐ pà guǎn

lit. it is not an official to be feared, but a person in direct control over sb (proverb)

铜官山
tóng guān shān

Tongguanshan district of Tongling city 銅陵市|铜陵市[tóng líng shì], Anhui

郡治安官
jùn zhì ān guān

sheriff

公安官员
gōng ān guān yuán

public safety officials

打官话
dǎ guān huà

to talk officiously

官运亨通
guān yùn hēng tōng

(of a political career) everything is going smoothly (idiom)

江淮官话
jiāng huái guān huà

Jianghuai Mandarin

次官
cì guān

undersecretary

将官
jiàng guān

general

铁打的衙门,流水的官
tiě dǎ de yá men , liú shuǐ de guān

lit. the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water (idiom)

出官
chū guān

to leave the capital for an official post

官报私仇
guān bào sī chóu

to take advantage of official post for personal revenge (idiom)

官印
guān yìn

official seal

加官
jiā guān

to be promoted

官舱
guān cāng

second class cabin (on ship)

官厅水库
guān tīng shuǐ kù

Guanting or Kuan-ting Reservoir in Hebei, one of the main water reservoirs serving Beijing

地方官
dì fāng guān

local official

芝麻官
zhī ma guān

low ranking official

器官捐献者
qì guān juān xiàn zhě

organ donor

感官
gǎn guān

sense

加官进爵
jiā guān jìn jué

promotion to the nobility (idiom)

官署
guān shǔ

official institution

官兵
guān bīng

officers and men

检察官
jiǎn chá guān

public prosecutor

官司
guān si

lawsuit

检控官
jiǎn kòng guān

prosecutor

史官
shǐ guān

scribe

罢官
bà guān

to dismiss from office

精神官能症
jīng shén guān néng zhèng

neurosis

细胞器官
xì bāo qì guān

organelle

官子
guān zǐ

endgame (in go)

贪官污吏
tān guān wū lì

grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption

裁判官
cái pàn guān

judge

梓官
zǐ guān

Ziguan or Tzukuan township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县[gāo xióng xiàn], southwest Taiwan

考官
kǎo guān

an examiner

裸官
luǒ guān

Communist Party official whose wife and children have left China to reside in a foreign country

官复原职
guān fù yuán zhí

restored to one's official post

官宣
guān xuān

official announcement (neologism c. 2018)

五级士官
wǔ jí shì guān

master sergeant

二级士官
èr jí shì guān

sergeant

清官难断家务事
qīng guān nán duàn jiā wù shì

even an honest and upright official will have difficulty resolving a family dispute (proverb)

官媒
guān méi

official media

官盐
guān yán

legally-traded salt (with salt tax paid)

首席运营官
shǒu xí yùn yíng guān

chief operating officer (COO)

官宦
guān huàn

functionary

九官鸟
jiǔ guān niǎo

hill myna

三官大帝
sān guān dà dì

the three gods in charge of heaven, earth and water (Daoism)

高官厚禄
gāo guān hòu lù

high post and generous salary (idiom); promotion to a high official position

官能
guān néng

function

官府
guān fǔ

authorities

达官
dá guān

high-ranking official

源器官
yuán qì guān

source organ

加封官阶
jiā fēng guān jiē

to confer additional titles on a nobleman

赃官污吏
zāng guān wū lì

grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom); abuse and corruption

升官
shēng guān

to get promoted

官方语言
guān fāng yǔ yán

official language

买官卖官
mǎi guān mài guān

buying and selling of official positions

官箴
guān zhēn

rules of propriety for government officials

贬官
biǎn guān

to demote an official

神经官能症
shén jīng guān néng zhèng

neurosis

官宦人家
guān huàn rén jiā

family of a functionary (i.e. educated middle class in Qing times)

五官端正
wǔ guān duān zhèng

to have regular features

只许州官放火,不许百姓点灯
zhǐ xǔ zhōu guān fàng huǒ , bù xǔ bǎi xìng diǎn dēng

only the official is allowed to light the fire

打官司
dǎ guān si

to file a lawsuit

铜官山区
tóng guān shān qū

Tongguanshan district of Tongling city 銅陵市|铜陵市[tóng líng shì], Anhui

首席财务官
shǒu xí cái wù guān

chief financial officer (CFO)

阿比西尼亚官话
ā bǐ xī ní yà guān huà

Amharic (language)

官场
guān chǎng

officialdom

执政官
zhí zhèng guān

consul (of the Roman Republic)

收官
shōu guān

final part of a go game (see 官子[guān zǐ])

官价
guān jià

official price

生殖器官
shēng zhí qì guān

reproductive organ

官名
guān míng

name of job in Imperial bureaucracy

官费
guān fèi

government funded

高级军官
gāo jí jūn guān

senior military officers

感觉器官
gǎn jué qì guān

sense organs

官私合营
guān sī hé yíng

public and private interests working together (idiom)

官邸
guān dǐ

official residence

官僚
guān liáo

bureaucrat

执行指挥官
zhí xíng zhǐ huī guān

executing commander

居官
jū guān

to secure a position

士官
shì guān

warrant officer

清官
qīng guān

honest and upright official (traditional)

官房长官
guān fáng zhǎng guān

chief cabinet secretary (Japan)

联络官
lián luò guān

liaison officer

官渡区
guān dù qū

Guandu district of Kunming city 昆明市[kūn míng shì], Yunnan

官架子
guān jià zi

putting on official airs

奸官
jiān guān

a treacherous official

官方
guān fāng

government

官非
guān fēi

lawsuit (from Cantonese)

官制
guān zhì

the civil service system

一级士官
yī jí shì guān

corporal (army)

官官相护
guān guān xiāng hù

officials shield one another (idiom); a cover-up

五官
wǔ guān

five sense organs of TCM (nose, eyes, lips, tongue, ears 鼻目口舌耳)

高官显爵
gāo guān xiǎn jué

high ranking

教官
jiào guān

military instructor

铲屎官
chǎn shǐ guān

(neologism) (coll.) pet owner (lit. \official in charge of cleaning up poop\)

文武百官
wén wǔ bǎi guān

civil and military officials

首席执行官
shǒu xí zhí xíng guān

chief executive officer (CEO)

海关官员
hǎi guān guān yuán

customs officer

官话
guān huà

\officialese\

侍从官
shì cóng guān

aide-de-camp

官职
guān zhí

an official position

三级士官
sān jí shì guān

staff sergeant

官二代
guān èr dài

children of officials

买官
mǎi guān

to buy a title

小官
xiǎo guān

petty official

官桂
guān guì

Chinese cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia)

税官
shuì guān

a taxman

性器官
xìng qì guān

sexual organ

高官
gāo guān

high official

县官
xiàn guān

district magistrate

审判官
shěn pàn guān

judge

类器官
lèi qì guān

organoid (regenerative medicine)

副官
fù guān

aide-de-camp

行政长官
xíng zhèng zhǎng guān

chief executive

官称
guān chēng

title

官爵
guān jué

official ranking

警官
jǐng guān

constable; police officer

官老爷
guān lǎo ye

nickname for official

器官
qì guān

(physiology) organ; apparatus

验尸官
yàn shī guān

coroner

官衔
guān xián

title

官逼民反
guān bī mín fǎn

a government official drives the people to revolt (idiom); a minister provokes a rebellion by exploiting the people

客官
kè guān

(polite appellation for a guest at a hotel etc)

卫生官员
wèi shēng guān yuán

health official

官位
guān wèi

official post

人体器官
rén tǐ qì guān

human organ

吴官正
wú guān zhèng

Wu Guanzheng (1938-), former CCP Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection

长官
zhǎng guān

senior official

旗官
qí guān

Manchurian official

宦官
huàn guān

court eunuch

官吏
guān lì

bureaucrat

指挥官
zhǐ huī guān

commander

梓官乡
zǐ guān xiāng

Ziguan or Tzukuan township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县[gāo xióng xiàn], southwest Taiwan

吃官司
chī guān sī

to face legal action

海瑞罢官
hǎi ruì bà guān

Hai Rui dismissed from office, 1960 historical play by historian Wu Han 吳晗|吴晗

半官方
bàn guān fāng

semiofficial

上官
shàng guān

high-ranking official

书记官
shū ji guān

clerk of a law court

官倒
guān dǎo

speculation by officials

掌玺官
zhǎng xǐ guān

chancellor (rank in various European states)

官翻
guān fān

(of electronic goods) refurbished

非官方
fēi guān fāng

unofficial

法官
fǎ guān

judge (in court)

加官进禄
jiā guān jìn lù

promotion in official post and salary raise (idiom)

当官不为民做主不如回家卖红薯
dāng guān bù wèi mín zuò zhǔ bù rú huí jiā mài hóng shǔ

if an official does not put the people first, he might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes

承审法官
chéng shěn fǎ guān

trial judge

国务长官
guó wù zhǎng guān

secretary of state (esp. historical, or Japanese or Korean usage)

首席法官
shǒu xí fǎ guān

Chief Justice

裙带官
qún dài guān

official who gained his position through the influence of a female relative

打官腔
dǎ guān qiāng

to talk officiously

官阶
guān jiē

official rank

稗官
bài guān

novel in the vernacular

官渡之战
guān dù zhī zhàn

Battle of Guandu of 199 that established Cao Cao's 曹操[cáo cāo] domination over north China, at Guandu (near modern 許昌|许昌[xǔ chāng] in north Henan)

达官贵人
dá guān guì rén

high official and noble persons (idiom); the great and the good

判官
pàn guān

magistrate (during Tang and Song dynasties)

加官进位
jiā guān jìn wèi

promotion in official post and salary raise (idiom)

六级士官
liù jí shì guān

sergeant major

器官移殖
qì guān yí zhí

organ transplant

海军官
hǎi jūn guān

naval officer

封官许愿
fēng guān xǔ yuàn

to offer official positions and material benefits in order to buy people's allegiance

外交官
wài jiāo guān

diplomat

使领官员
shǐ lǐng guān yuán

ambassador and consul

官能团
guān néng tuán

functional group (chemistry)

政府官员
zhèng fǔ guān yuán

government employee

官俸
guān fèng

salaries of government officials

大法官
dà fǎ guān

grand justice

丢官
diū guān

(of an official) to lose one's job

官僚主义
guān liáo zhǔ yì

bureaucracy

武官
wǔ guān

military official

军官
jūn guān

officer (military)

官客
guān kè

male guest at party

空心大老官
kōng xīn dà lǎo guān

fake important personage

首席营销官
shǒu xí yíng xiāo guān

chief marketing officer (CMO)

首席技术官
shǒu xí jì shù guān

chief technology officer (CTO)

官僚习气
guān liáo xí qì

(derog.) bureaucracy

校官
xiào guān

military officer

军需官
jūn xū guān

quartermaster

技术官僚
jì shù guān liáo

technocrat

官场现形记
guān chǎng xiàn xíng jì

Observations on the Current State of Officialdom, late Qing novel by Li Baojia 李寶嘉|李宝嘉[lǐ bǎo jià]

贪官
tān guān

corrupt official

言官
yán guān

imperial censor

官军
guān jūn

official army government army