當局

See also: 当局

Chinese

		to act as; represent; equal to act as; represent; equal; should; fitting; suitable; adequate; proper; replace; to be; to hold a position; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; match equally; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at	situation; office; (a measure word used for games) set or round office
trad. (當局)		當	局
simp. (当局)		当	局

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dāngjú

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄤ ㄐㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dong¹ guk⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tong-kio̍k / tng-kia̍k / tng-ke̍k / tng-kio̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dang¹ gêg⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dāngjú
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄤ ㄐㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dangjyú
    • Wade–Giles: tang¹-chü²
    • Yale: dāng-jyú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dangjyu
    • Palladius: данцзюй (danczjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕy³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dong¹ guk⁶
    • Yale: dōng guhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dong¹ guk⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dong¹ gug⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔːŋ⁵⁵ kʊk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tong-kio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tong-kio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dongkiok
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ³³ kiɔk̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɔk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiɔk̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tng-kia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tng-kia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dngkiak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tŋ̍³³ kiak̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tng-ke̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tng-ki̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dngkek
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² kiɪk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tng-kio̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tng-kio̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dngkiok
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² kiɔk̚¹²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dang¹ gêg⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tang ke̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taŋ³³⁻²³ kek̚⁴/

Noun

當局

1. authorities; those in power; government; regime

Derived terms

• 最高當局／最高当局
• 旁觀者審，當局者迷／旁观者审，当局者迷
• 當局稱迷，傍觀必審／当局称迷，傍观必审
• 當局者迷／当局者迷
• 當局者迷，傍觀者清／当局者迷，傍观者清 (dāngjú zhě mí pángguān zhě qīng)
• 當局者迷，旁觀者清／当局者迷，旁观者清 (dāngjú zhě mí, pángguān zhě qīng)
• 臺灣當局／台湾当局 (Táiwān dāngjú)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (當局):

• → Japanese: 当(とう)局(きょく) (tōkyoku)
• → Korean: 당국(當局) (dangguk)
• → Vietnamese: đương cục (當局)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
當	局
とう Hyōgaiji	きょく Grade: 3
on’yomi	kan’on

For pronunciation and definitions of 當局 – see the following entry.

【当局とうきょく】 [noun] authority (persons in command; specifically, government) [noun] this or our 局 (kyoku, “office”) – post office (郵便局), broadcasting station (放送局), etc.

(This term, 當局, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
當	局

Noun

當局 • (dangguk) (hangeul 당국)

1. Hanja form^? of 당국 (“authorities”).