See also: 官话

Chinese

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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

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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

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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

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (官話):

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
かん
Grade: 4

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

Etymology

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From Middle Chinese 官話 (MC kwan hwaejH).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(かん)() (kanwaくわんわ (kwan'wa)?

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

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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官話 (gwanhwa) (hangeul 관화)

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

Okinawan

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(くゎん)(ふぁー) (kwanfā

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

References

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Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

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官話

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