縣官

Chinese

		a district; county	official; government; organ of body
trad. (縣官)		縣	官
simp. (县官)		县	官

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiànguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁶ gun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiànguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siànguan
    • Wade–Giles: hsien⁴-kuan¹
    • Yale: syàn-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiannguan
    • Palladius: сяньгуань (sjanʹguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁶ gun¹
    • Yale: yuhn gūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁶ gun¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁶ gun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²² kuːn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: hwenH kwan

Rime
Character	縣	官
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	先 (86)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	黃練切	古丸切
Baxter	hwenH	kwan
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦwenH/	/kuɑn/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷenH/	/kʷɑn/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣuɛnH/	/kuɑn/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwɛnH/	/kwan/
Li Rong	/ɣuenH/	/kuɑn/
Wang Li	/ɣiwenH/	/kuɑn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣiwenH/	/kuɑn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xuàn	guān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyun6	gun1

Noun

縣官

1. (dated) government official that administers a county, usually the head of a county
2. (historical) imperial government; imperial court
3. (historical, obsolete) emperor; Son of Heaven