幕僚

Chinese

		stage curtain; tent	bureaucrat
trad. (幕僚)		幕	僚
simp. #(幕僚)		幕	僚

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mùliáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mok⁶ liu⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bō͘-liâu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mùliáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mùliáo
    • Wade–Giles: mu⁴-liao²
    • Yale: mù-lyáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhliau
    • Palladius: муляо (muljao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹ li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mok⁶ liu⁴
    • Yale: mohk lìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mok⁹ liu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mog⁶ liu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːk̚² liːu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bō͘-liâu
    • Tâi-lô: bōo-liâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boxliaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bɔ²²⁻²¹ liau²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔ⁴¹⁻²² liau²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔ²²⁻²¹ liau¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bɔ³³⁻¹¹ liau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔ³³⁻²¹ liau²³/

Noun

幕僚

1. (archaic) assistant; aide; advisor (especially to a high ranking officer who offered both accommodation and pay to the said aide)
2. staff member of a company or government (especially one that plays a supporting role and does not directly generate income for the said organization, e.g. a technician from the IT department of a manufacturing business)

Derived terms

• 幕僚長／幕僚长 (mùliáozhǎng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
幕	僚
ばく Grade: 6	りょう Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ばくりょー [bàkúryóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ba̠kɯ̟ᵝɾʲo̞ː]

Noun

幕(ばく)僚(りょう) • (bakuryō) 

1. (military) staff