官官相衛

Chinese

		official; government; organ of body	official; government; organ of body	each other; appearance; portrait each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually	to guard; to protect; to defend to guard; to protect; to defend; surname
trad. (官官相衛/官官相衞)		官	官	相	衛/衞
simp. (官官相卫)		官	官	相	卫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guānguānxiāngwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gun¹ gun¹ soeng¹ wai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guānguānxiāngwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guanguansiangwèi
    • Wade–Giles: kuan¹-kuan¹-hsiang¹-wei⁴
    • Yale: gwān-gwān-syāng-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guanguanshiangwey
    • Palladius: гуаньгуаньсянвэй (guanʹguanʹsjanvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gun¹ gun¹ soeng¹ wai⁶
    • Yale: gūn gūn sēung waih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gun¹ gun¹ soeng¹ wai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gun¹ gun¹ sêng¹ wei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn⁵⁵ kuːn⁵⁵ sœːŋ⁵⁵ wɐi̯²²/

Idiom

官官相衛

1. (derogatory) officials shielding each other; officials covering up for each other

Synonyms

• 官官相護／官官相护