當官

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	official; government; organ of body
trad. (當官)		當	官
simp. (当官)		当	官

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dāngguān

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄤㄍㄨㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dong¹ gun¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dāngguān
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄤㄍㄨㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dangguan
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dangguan
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑŋ⁵⁵ kwän⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: dong¹ gun¹
  - Yale: dōng gūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dong¹ gun¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dong¹ gun¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔːŋ⁵⁵ kuːn⁵⁵/

Verb

當官

to become an official; to take an official post; to become a government employee

Synonyms

任官 (rènguān) (literary)
做官 (zuòguān)
入仕 (rùshì) (literary)
出仕 (chūshì)

居官 (jūguān) (literary)
臣仕 (chénshì) (Classical Chinese, of a minister)
蒞官／莅官 (lìguān) (literary)

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