官威

Chinese

		official; government; organ of body	power; might; prestige
trad. (官威)		官	威
simp. #(官威)		官	威

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guānwēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢ ㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gun¹ wai¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guānwēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ ㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guanwei
    • Wade–Giles: kuan¹-wei¹
    • Yale: gwān-wēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guanuei
    • Palladius: гуаньвэй (guanʹvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gun¹ wai¹
    • Yale: gūn wāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gun¹ wai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gun¹ wei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn⁵⁵ wɐi̯⁵⁵/

Noun

官威

1. haughtiness or pomposity of a government official

   耍官威  ―  shuǎ guānwēi  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 1994, Wong Jing, Hail the Judge, spoken by Li Lianying (Lau Shun):

     好大嘅官威呀，包大人。若果畀你做多兩年官，恐怕連老佛爺你都唔放在眼內㗎啦。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     好大嘅官威呀，包大人。若果畀你做多两年官，恐怕连老佛爷你都唔放在眼内㗎啦。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     hou² daai⁶ ge³ gun¹ wai¹ aa³, baau¹ daai⁶ jan⁴. joek⁶ gwo² bei² nei⁵ zou⁶ do¹ loeng⁵ nin⁴ gun¹, hung² paa³ lin⁴ lou⁵ fat⁶ je⁴ nei⁵ dou¹ m⁴ fong³ zoi⁶ ngaan⁵ noi⁶ gaa³ laa¹. [Jyutping]

     So haughty you are, Justice Bao. I'm afraid that you won't even respect the Empress Dowager if they let you be an official for a few more years, huh?