公館

See also: 公馆

Chinese

		just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister	house; establishment
trad. (公館)		公	館
simp. (公馆)		公	馆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gōngguǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung¹ gun²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kûng-kón
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kong-koán

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gōngguǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥ ㄍㄨㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gongguǎn
    • Wade–Giles: kung¹-kuan³
    • Yale: gūng-gwǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gonggoan
    • Palladius: гунгуань (gunguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung¹ gun²
    • Yale: gūng gún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung¹ gun²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung¹ gun²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵⁵ kuːn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kûng-kón
    • Hakka Romanization System: gung´ gon`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gung¹ gon³
    • Sinological IPA: /kuŋ²⁴ kon³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kong-koán
    • Tâi-lô: kong-kuán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kongkoarn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kuan⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔŋ³³ kuan⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kuan⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kuan⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kuan⁴¹/

Noun

公館

1. imperial guesthouse
2. grand residence of a rich or important person (such as a government official)
3. mansion; luxury house
4. (honorific) your residence; their residence
5. hotel

Synonyms

• (grand residence):

• 府第 (fǔdì) (literary)
• 府邸 (fǔdǐ) (literary)

 

• (mansion): 豪宅 (háozhái)
• (hotel):

• ho͘-té-luh (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 客店 (kèdiàn) (literary)
• 客棧／客栈 (kèzhàn)
• 客舍 (kèshè) (literary)
• 店 (diàn)
• 招待所 (zhāodàisuǒ)
• 施舍 (shīshè) (literary)
• 旅店 (lǚdiàn)
• 旅社 (lǚshè)
• 旅館／旅馆 (lǚguǎn)
• 棧房／栈房 (zhànfáng) (dialectal)
• 賓館／宾馆 (bīnguǎn)
• 逆旅 (nìlǚ) (literary)
• 酒店 (jiǔdiàn)
• 酒樓／酒楼 (jiǔlóu)
• 飯店／饭店 (fàndiàn)

 

Descendants

• → Indonesian: kongkoan

Proper noun

公館

1. (～鎮) Gongguan (a town in Hepu, Beihai, Guangxi, China)
2. (～鎮) Gongguan (a town in Maonan district, Maoming, Guangdong, China)
3. (～鄉) Gongguan, Kungkuan (a rural township in Miaoli County, Taiwan)
4. (～鄉) Gongguan (a township in Xunyang, Ankang, Shaanxi, China)
5. Gongguan area in Taipei, Taiwan.