"宦官" meaning in Chinese

See 宦官 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /xu̯än⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /waːn²² kuːn⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /fon⁵⁵ kon²⁴/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /huan²²⁻²¹ kuã⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /huan⁴¹⁻²² kuã³³/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /huan²²⁻²¹ kuã⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /huan³³⁻¹¹ kuã⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /huan³³⁻²¹ kuã⁴⁴/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /xu̯än⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/, /waːn²² kuːn⁵⁵/, /fon⁵⁵ kon²⁴/, /huan²²⁻²¹ kuã⁴⁴/, /huan⁴¹⁻²² kuã³³/, /huan²²⁻²¹ kuã⁴⁴/, /huan³³⁻¹¹ kuã⁴⁴/, /huan³³⁻²¹ kuã⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: huànguān [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄍㄨㄢ [Mandarin, bopomofo], waan⁶ gun¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], fon-kôn [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], hoān-koaⁿ, huànguān [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], huànguan [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], huan⁴-kuan¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], hwàn-gwān [Mandarin, Yale], huannguan [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], хуаньгуань [Mandarin, Palladius], xuanʹguanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], waahn gūn [Cantonese, Yale], waan⁶ gun¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], wan⁶ gun¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], fon-kôn [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], fon gon´ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], fon⁴ gon¹ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], hoān-koaⁿ [Hokkien, POJ], huān-kuann [Hokkien, Tai-lo], hoaxnkvoaf [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 宦官
  1. (chiefly historical) eunuch of a palace or court; imperial eunuch Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-宦官-zh-noun-45eWC5Xq Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 62 38
  2. (chiefly historical) official; functionary Tags: historical Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-宦官-zh-noun-uUEX4lDR Disambiguation of People: 37 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 內臣 (nèichén), 内臣 (nèichén), 太監 (tàijiàn) (english: Qing Dynasty), 太监 (tàijiàn) (english: Qing Dynasty), 寺人 (sìrén) [historical, literary], 閹人 (yānrén) [historical], 阉人 (yānrén) [historical], 閹宦 (yānhuàn) [historical, literary], 阉宦 (yānhuàn) [historical, literary], 內臣 (nèichén) [historical], 内臣 (nèichén) [historical], 公僕 (gōngpú), 公仆 (gōngpú), 公務員 (gōngwùyuán), 公务员 (gōngwùyuán), 君子 (jūnzǐ) [Classical-Chinese], 官僚 (guānliáo), 官吏 (guānlì) [historical], 官員 (guānyuán), 官员 (guānyuán), 官宦 (guānhuàn) [historical], 有司 (yǒusī) [archaic], 臣僚 (in a monarchy) [historical]

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      "word": "阉宦"
    },
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      "roman": "nèichén",
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      ],
      "word": "內臣"
    },
    {
      "roman": "nèichén",
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      ],
      "word": "内臣"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gōngpú",
      "word": "公僕"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gōngpú",
      "word": "公仆"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gōngwùyuán",
      "word": "公務員"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gōngwùyuán",
      "word": "公务员"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jūnzǐ",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "君子"
    },
    {
      "roman": "guānliáo",
      "word": "官僚"
    },
    {
      "roman": "guānlì",
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ],
      "word": "官吏"
    },
    {
      "roman": "guānyuán",
      "word": "官員"
    },
    {
      "roman": "guānyuán",
      "word": "官员"
    },
    {
      "roman": "guānhuàn",
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ],
      "word": "官宦"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǒusī",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "有司"
    },
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      "roman": "in a monarchy",
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        "historical"
      ],
      "word": "臣僚"
    }
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