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官
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- 官
- guān · official, public servant
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Mandarin tones
1 · guan1
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 6 senses · 1 Cantonese reading
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gun1
Cantonese word readings for 官. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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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