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): ㄍㄨㄢ ㄔㄤˇ, ㄍㄨㄢ ㄔㄤˊ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guānchǎng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ ㄔㄤˇ
    • 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: ㄍㄨㄢ ㄔㄤˊ
    • 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

1. (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