官話
See also: 官话
Chinese
official; government; organ of body | spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said | ||
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trad. (官話) | 官 | 話 | |
simp. (官话) | 官 | 话 |
Pronunciation
Noun
官話
- Mandarin; Guanhua (group of Northern Chinese dialects including Putonghua (Standard Chinese))
- bureaucratic gibberish; high-sounding but insincere words; officialese
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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官 | 話 |
かん Grade: 4 |
わ Grade: 2 |
on’yomi | kan’yōon |
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 官話 (MC kuɑn ɦˠuaiH).
Okinawan
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Chinese 官話. Cognate to Japanese 官話.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʷam̩ɸaː/
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