官位

Chinese

		official; government; organ of body	position; location; (measure word for persons) position; location; (measure word for persons); place; seat
simp. and trad. (官位)		官	位

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guānwèi

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gun¹ wai⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kôn-vi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guānwèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guanwèi
  - Wade–Giles: kuan¹-wei⁴
  - Yale: gwān-wèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guanwey
  - Palladius: гуаньвэй (guanʹvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gun¹ wai⁶
  - Yale: gūn waih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gun¹ wai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: gun¹ wei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn⁵⁵ wɐi̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kôn-vi
  - Hakka Romanization System: gon^ˊ vi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gon¹ vi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kon²⁴⁻¹¹ vi⁵⁵/

Noun

官位

official position

Synonyms

官秩 (guānzhì) (archaic)
官職 / 官职 (guānzhí)
祿位 / 禄位 (lùwèi) (literary)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
官	位
かん Grade: 4	い Grade: 4
on'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 官 (kan, Clipping of 官職 (“court position”)) +‎ 位 (i, “Clipping of 位階 (“court rank”)”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kã̠ɰ̃i]

Noun

官(かん)位(い) • (kan'i)

(government, historical) court rank and official position

Hyponyms

官(かん)職(しょく) (kanshoku, “court position”)
位(い)階(かい) (ikai, “court rank”)