買官

Chinese

		buy	official; government; organ of body
trad. (買官)		買	官
simp. (买官)		买	官

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎiguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄞˇ ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maai⁵ gun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǎiguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄞˇ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǎiguan
    • Wade–Giles: mai³-kuan¹
    • Yale: mǎi-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maeguan
    • Palladius: майгуань (majguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: maai⁵ gun¹
    • Yale: máaih gūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maai⁵ gun¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mai⁵ gun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːi̯¹³ kuːn⁵⁵/

Verb

買官

1. to buy a position title; to use wealth to acquire office

Derived terms

• 買官鬻爵／买官鬻爵