貪官

See also: 贪官

Chinese

		greedy	official; government; organ of body
trad. (貪官)		貪	官
simp. (贪官)		贪	官

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): tānguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄢ ㄍㄨㄢ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): tan¹ guan¹

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taam¹ gun¹
• Northern Min (KCR): táng-guíng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tānguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄢ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tanguan
    • Wade–Giles: tʻan¹-kuan¹
    • Yale: tān-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tanguan
    • Palladius: таньгуань (tanʹguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰän⁵⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: tan¹ guan¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: tanguan
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰan⁵⁵ kuan⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taam¹ gun¹
    • Yale: tāam gūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taam¹ gun¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: tam¹ gun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːm⁵⁵ kuːn⁵⁵/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: táng-guíng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaŋ⁵⁴ kuiŋ⁵⁴/

Noun

貪官

1. greedy mandarin
2. corrupt official

   中國第一大貪官／中国第一大贪官  ―  Zhōngguó dìyī dà tānguān  ―  the most corrupt official in Chinese history

Synonyms

• (corrupt official) (Hokkien) 食錢官／食钱官

Japanese

Kanji in this term
貪	官
たん Grade: S	かん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Kanji in this term
貪	官
どん Grade: S	かん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Noun

貪(たん)官(かん) or 貪(どん)官(かん) • (tankan or donkan) ^{←どんくわん (donkwan)?}

1. (dated) corrupt official

Derived terms

• 貪官汚吏(たんかんおり) (tankan'ori) or 貪官汚吏(どんかんおり) (donkan'ori)