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官

Mandarin · pinyin guān#

Mandarin · pinyin Guān#

surname Guan

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官: guān · official, public servant

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character

government official, public servant
governmental; official
public; communal
organ (part of a body)
(Wenchang Hainanese) father-in-law; husband's father
a surname

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