做官

Chinese

		to do; to make; to produce	official; government; organ of body
simp. and trad. (做官)		做	官
alternative forms		作官

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zuòguān

(Zhuyin): ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄍㄨㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zou⁶ gun¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): cho-kôn

(Hailu, HRS): zo^ˇ gon^ˋ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zo⁴ gua¹ / zo⁴ guann¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chòe-koaⁿ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zuòguān
  - Zhuyin: ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄍㄨㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: zuòguan
  - Wade–Giles: tso⁴-kuan¹
  - Yale: dzwò-gwān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzuohguan
  - Palladius: цзогуань (czoguanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    作官
    做官
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: zou⁶ gun¹
  - Yale: jouh gūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶ gun¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: zou⁶ gun¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²² kuːn⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    作官
    做官
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: cho-kôn
  - Hakka Romanization System: zo gon^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zo⁴ gon¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡so⁵⁵ kon²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: zo^ˇ gon^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡so¹¹ kon⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zo⁴ gua¹ [Phonetic: zo¹ ua¹]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ceo̍-guaⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡so⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(k-)ua⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: zo⁴ guann¹ [Phonetic: zo¹ uann¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡so⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(k-)ũã⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chòe-koaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tsuè-kuann
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoea'kvoaf
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sue²¹⁻⁴¹ kuã⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sue¹¹⁻⁵³ kuã⁴⁴/

Verb

做官

to become an official; to take an official post; to become a government employee

Synonyms

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仕宦 (shìhuàn) (literary)
任官 (rènguān) (literary)
入仕 (rùshì) (literary)
出仕 (chūshì) (literary)
居官 (jūguān) (literary)
從政 / 从政 (cóngzhèng)
當官 / 当官 (dāngguān)
臣仕 (chénshì) (Classical Chinese, of a minister)
蒞官 / 莅官 (lìguān) (literary)

Derived terms

欲好額等後世，欲做官學做戲 / 欲好额等后世，欲做官学做戏