官方

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Chinese

		official; government; organ of body	square; quadrilateral; place square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just
simp. and trad. (官方)		官	方

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guānfāng

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢㄈㄤ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gun¹ fong¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): gon¹ fong¹
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): koaⁿ-hong

(Teochew, Peng'im): guan¹ huang¹
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ¹kuoe-faon

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guānfāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢㄈㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guanfang
  - Wade–Giles: kuan¹-fang¹
  - Yale: gwān-fāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guanfang
  - Palladius: гуаньфан (guanʹfan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵ fɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gun¹ fong¹
  - Yale: gūn fōng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gun¹ fong¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: gun¹ fong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn⁵⁵ fɔːŋ⁵⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: gon¹ fong¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kᵘɔn³³ fɔŋ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koaⁿ-hong
  - Tâi-lô: kuann-hong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kvoa'hofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kuã⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kuã³³ hɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuã⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kuã⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuã⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: guan¹ huang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuaⁿ huang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kũã³³⁻²³ huaŋ³³/
Wu
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ¹kuoe-faon
  - MiniDict: kuoe^平 faon
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹kuoe-faan
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kuø⁵⁵ fɑ̃²¹/

Adjective

官方

(attributive) official; authoritative; approved

Antonyms

非官方 (fēiguānfāng)

Derived terms

官方語言／官方语言 (guānfāng yǔyán)
非官方 (fēiguānfāng)

Noun

官方

government
1. (Hong Kong, law, historical) Crown
  本條例對官方具約束力。 [MSC, trad.]
  本条例对官方具约束力。 [MSC, simp.]
  Běn tiáolì duì guānfāng jù yuēshùlì.
  This Ordinance binds the Crown.
(literary) rites and rules applying to officials

Synonyms

(government):

公班衙 (Malaysian Hokkien)
政府 (zhèngfǔ)
阿公 (Singapore Hokkien, slang)

Related terms

官紀／官纪 (guānjì)

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