稗官

Chinese

		millet; Panicum crus	official; government; organ of body
simp. and trad. (稗官)		稗	官

Etymology

From the Book of Han:

小說家者流，蓋出於稗官。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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小说家者流，盖出于稗官。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

Xiǎoshuōjiā zhě liú, gài chū yú bàiguān. [Pinyin]

The School of Small Talks, probably from among the petty officials.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bàiguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bai⁶ gun¹ / baai⁶ gun¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bàiguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bàiguan
    • Wade–Giles: pai⁴-kuan¹
    • Yale: bài-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bayguan
    • Palladius: байгуань (bajguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bai⁶ gun¹ / baai⁶ gun¹
    • Yale: baih gūn / baaih gūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bai⁶ gun¹ / baai⁶ gun¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bei⁶ gun¹ / bai⁶ gun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐi̯²² kuːn⁵⁵/, /paːi̯²² kuːn⁵⁵/

Noun

稗官

1. (historical) petty official responsible for reporting the talk of the town, stories, and local customs to the emperor
2. (figurative) novel
3. (figurative) novelist

Derived terms

• 稗官小說／稗官小说 (bàiguānxiǎoshuō)
• 稗官野史 (bàiguānyěshǐ)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (稗官):

• → Japanese: 稗官(はいかん) (haikan)
• → Korean: 패관(稗官) (paegwan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
稗	官
はい Hyōgai	かん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) はいかん [hàíkáń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ha̠ikã̠ɴ]

Noun

稗(はい)官(かん) • (haikan) ^{←はいくわん (faikwan)?}

1. (historical) petty official tasked with collecting public gossip

Korean

Hanja in this term
稗	官

Noun

稗官 • (paegwan) (hangeul 패관)

1. hanja form^? of 패관