官話

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See also: 官话

Chinese

official; government; organ of body
spoken words; speech; dialect
spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
 
trad. (官話)
simp. (官话)
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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
Baxter kwan hwaejH
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gun1 waai6

Noun

官話

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

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (官話):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
かん
Grade: 4

Grade: 2
on'yomi kan'yōon
 官話 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 官話 (MC kwan hwaejH).

Pronunciation

Noun

(かん)() (kanwaくわんわ (kwan'wa)?

  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

Kanji in this term
くゎん
Grade: 4
ふぁー
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Chinese 官話 (MC kwan hwaejH). Cognate to Japanese 官話 (kanwa).

Pronunciation

Noun

(くゎん)(ふぁー) (kwanfā

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

References

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

官話

  1. chữ Hán form of Quan thoại (Mandarin; Guanhua).