官字兩個口

Chinese

		official; government; organ of body	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word	both; two; some both; two; some; a few; tael	(a measure word); individual	mouth; (a measure word, for people, livestock or utensils)
trad. (官字兩個口)		官	字	兩	個	口
simp. (官字两个口)		官	字	两	个	口
Literally: “The character for "official" (官) has two mouths (口)”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guān zì liǎng ge kǒu

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢ ㄗˋ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ˙ㄍㄜ ㄎㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gun¹ zi⁶ loeng⁵ go³ hau²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guān zì liǎng ge kǒu
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ ㄗˋ ㄌㄧㄤˇ ˙ㄍㄜ ㄎㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guan zìh liǎng ge̊ kǒu
    • Wade–Giles: kuan¹ tzŭ⁴ liang³ ko⁵ kʻou³
    • Yale: gwān dz̀ lyǎng ge kǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guan tzyh leang .ge koou
    • Palladius: гуань цзы лян гэ коу (guanʹ czy ljan gɛ kou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ li̯ɑŋ²¹⁴ g̊ə⁴ kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gun¹ zi⁶ loeng⁵ go³ hau²
    • Yale: gūn jih léuhng go háu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gun¹ dzi⁶ loeng⁵ go³ hau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gun¹ ji⁶ lêng⁵ go³ heo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn⁵⁵ t͡siː²² lœːŋ¹³ kɔː³³ hɐu̯³⁵/

Proverb

官字兩個口

1. Officials have all the say; officials can say whatever they want; there is no point in arguing with officials.

   • 一般市民會認為，官字兩個口，CY、波哥點做都可以，如果樓價繼續上升，一於再出招，辣招唔夠就出租管，甚至規定賣出價不得高於買入價，那麼樓價一定跌。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     一般市民会认为，官字两个口，CY、波哥点做都可以，如果楼价继续上升，一于再出招，辣招唔够就出租管，甚至规定卖出价不得高于买入价，那么楼价一定跌。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2016, 湯文亮, 《細價樓爆煲論之危中有機》, page 120

     jat¹ bun¹ si⁵ man⁴ wui⁵ jing⁶ wai⁴, gun¹ zi⁶ loeng⁵ go³ hau², si¹ waai¹, bo¹ go¹ dim² zou⁶ dou¹ ho² ji⁵, jyu⁴ gwo² lau⁴ gaa³ gai³ zuk⁶ soeng⁵ sing¹, jat¹ jyu¹ zoi³ ceot¹ ziu¹, laat⁶ ziu¹ m⁴ gau³ zau⁶ ceot¹ zou¹ gun², sam⁶ zi³ kwai¹ ding⁶ maai⁶ ceot¹ gaa³ bat¹ dak¹ gou¹ jyu¹ maai⁵ jap⁶ gaa³, naa⁵ mo¹ lau⁴ gaa³ jat¹ ding⁶ dit³. [Jyutping]

     The average citizen would believe that "officials have two mouths", that CY and Brother Paul can do whatever. If the housing prices continue to go up, well, they just ramp up the measures. If the harsh measures aren't enough, then they pull out Tenancy Control, or even stipulate that the selling price cannot be greater than the buying price; then housing prices would surely go down.

Synonyms

• 官字兩張口／官字两张口

Derived terms

• 官字兩個口，老闆三個口／官字两个口，老板三个口