棄官歸鄉

See also: 弃官归乡

Chinese

		abandon; relinquish; to discard abandon; relinquish; to discard; to throw away	official; government; organ of body	to go back; to return	country; village
trad. (棄官歸鄉)		棄	官	歸	鄉
simp. (弃官归乡)		弃	官	归	乡

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qì guān guī xiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄒㄧㄤ

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qì guān guī xiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄒㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cì guan guei siang
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi⁴ kuan¹ kuei¹ hsiang¹
    • Yale: chì gwān gwēi syāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chih guan guei shiang
    • Palladius: ци гуань гуй сян (ci guanʹ guj sjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

棄官歸鄉

1. (literary) to quit one's official post, and return to one's home village