官話

See also: 官话

Chinese

official; government; organ of body
 
spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (官話)
simp. (官话)

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (28) (33)
Final () (62) (30)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division () I II
Fanqie
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kuɑn/ /ɦˠuaiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/kʷɑn/ /ɦʷᵚaiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/kuɑn/ /ɣuaiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kwan/ /ɦwaɨjsH/
Li
Rong
/kuɑn/ /ɣuaiH/
Wang
Li
/kuɑn/ /ɣwæiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/kuɑn/ /ɣwaiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
guān huài

Noun

官話

  1. Mandarin; Guanhua (group of Northern Chinese dialects including Putonghua (Standard Chinese))
  2. bureaucratic gibberish; high-sounding but insincere words; officialese

Synonyms


Japanese

Kanji in this term
かん
Grade: 4

Grade: 2
on’yomi kan’yōon

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 官話 (MC kuɑn ɦˠuaiH).

Pronunciation

Noun

官話 (hiragana かんわ, rōmaji kanwa, historical hiragana くわんわ)

  1. Mandarin; Guanhua (group of Northern Chinese dialects including Putonghua (Standard Chinese))

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

官話 (gwanhwa) (hangeul 관화)

  1. Hanja form? of 관화 (Mandarin; Guanhua (group of Northern Chinese dialects including Putonghua (Standard Chinese))).

Okinawan

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 官話. Cognate to Japanese 官話.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʷam̩ɸaː/

Noun

官話 (hiragana くゎんふぁー, romaji kwanfā)

  1. Mandarin
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