官場

Chinese

		official; government; organ of body	courtyard; open space; place courtyard; open space; place; field; a measure word; (a measure word, used for sport or recreation)
trad. (官場)		官	場
simp. (官场)		官	场

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guānchǎng, guāncháng

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢㄔㄤˇ, ㄍㄨㄢㄔㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gun¹ coeng⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koaⁿ-tiûⁿ / koaⁿ-tiôⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guānchǎng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢㄔㄤˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guanchǎng
  - Wade–Giles: kuan¹-chʻang³
  - Yale: gwān-chǎng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guanchaang
  - Palladius: гуаньчан (guanʹčan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, literary variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guāncháng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢㄔㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guancháng
  - Wade–Giles: kuan¹-chʻang²
  - Yale: gwān-cháng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guancharng
  - Palladius: гуаньчан (guanʹčan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gun¹ coeng⁴
  - Yale: gūn chèuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gun¹ tsoeng⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gun¹ cêng⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koaⁿ-tiûⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: kuann-tiûnn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kvoa'dviuu
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuã⁴⁴⁻³³ tiũ²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kuã⁴⁴⁻³³ tiũ²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kuã³³ tiũ²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kuã⁴⁴⁻²² tiũ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koaⁿ-tiôⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: kuann-tiônn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kvoa'dviooi
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuã⁴⁴⁻²² tiɔ̃¹³/

Noun

官場

(usually derogatory) official circles; officialdom; bureaucracy
官場腐敗／官场腐败 ― guānchǎng fǔbài ― corruption among officials

Synonyms

宦海 (huànhǎi)

Derived terms

官場如戲 / 官场如戏