一官半職

Chinese

		one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	official; government; organ of body	half; semi-; incomplete half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half	office; duty
trad. (一官半職)		一	官	半	職
simp. (一官半职)		一	官	半	职

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīguānbànzhí

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄅㄢˋ ㄓˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jat¹ gun¹ bun³ zik¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīguānbànzhí [Phonetic: yìguānbànzhí]
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄅㄢˋ ㄓˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yiguanbànjhíh
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-kuan¹-pan⁴-chih²
    • Yale: yī-gwān-bàn-jŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iguanbannjyr
    • Palladius: игуаньбаньчжи (iguanʹbanʹčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵ pän⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jat¹ gun¹ bun³ zik¹
    • Yale: yāt gūn bun jīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jat⁷ gun¹ bun³ dzik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: yed¹ gun¹ bun³ jig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐt̚⁵ kuːn⁵⁵ puːn³³ t͡sɪk̚⁵/

Idiom

一官半職

1. low-ranking official position (in the government)