"宦" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /xu̯än⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /waːn²²/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /fon⁵⁵/ [Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli, Neipu, Sinological-IPA], /fon¹¹/ [Hakka, Hailu, Zhudong, Sinological-IPA], /fɔn⁵³/ [Hakka, Meixian, Sinological-IPA], /huaŋ¹¹/ [Puxian-Min, Sinological-IPA], /huoŋ²¹/ [Puxian-Min, Sinological-IPA], /huan²²/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Xiamen], /huan⁴¹/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Quanzhou], /huan²²/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Zhangzhou], /huan³³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Taipei], /huan³³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, IPA, Kaohsiung], /huaŋ³⁵/ [Min-Nan, Teochew, Sinological-IPA], /hueŋ³⁵/ [Min-Nan, Teochew, Sinological-IPA]
Etymology: Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 宀 (“house”) + 臣 (“servant”) – slave; servant. Compare Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(g/k)(j)wal (“slave; servant”) (STEDT). Cognate with Tibetan ཁོལ་པོ (khol po, “servant”), Burmese ကျွန် (kywan, “slave”), Proto-Loloish *C-kywan¹ (“slave”), 倌 (OC *koːn, *kroːns). Etymology templates: {{categorize|zh|Han ideogrammic compounds}}, {{liushu|ic|adj=|nocap=|pron=}} Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意), {{Han compound|宀|臣|ls=ic|t1=house|t2=servant}} Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 宀 (“house”) + 臣 (“servant”), {{inh|zh|sit-pro|*(g/k)(j)wal||slave; servant}} Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(g/k)(j)wal (“slave; servant”), {{cog|bo|ཁོལ་པོ||servant}} Tibetan ཁོལ་པོ (khol po, “servant”), {{cog|my|ကျွန်||slave}} Burmese ကျွန် (kywan, “slave”), {{cog|tbq-lol-pro|*C-kywan¹||slave}} Proto-Loloish *C-kywan¹ (“slave”), {{och-l|倌||servant}} 倌 (OC *koːn, *kroːns) Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 宦
  1. to hold public office
    Sense id: en-宦-zh-character-re7yvw~H Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Chinese hanzi, Middle Chinese hanzi, Old Chinese hanzi, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 84 0 9 7 Disambiguation of Chinese hanzi: 89 0 6 5 Disambiguation of Middle Chinese hanzi: 96 0 0 4 Disambiguation of Old Chinese hanzi: 95 0 1 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 78 0 10 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 0 5 6
  2. government official
    Sense id: en-宦-zh-character-2NEy6RiD
  3. eunuch
    Sense id: en-宦-zh-character-02Vewrfa
  4. a surname
    Sense id: en-宦-zh-character-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): Chinese surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 世嗣宦族, 仕宦 (shìhuàn), 名宦, 奄宦, 官宦 (guānhuàn), 官宦人家, 官宦氣息, 官宦气息, 宦人, 宦囊, 宦女, 宦學, 宦学, 宦官 (huànguān), 宦情, 宦海 (huànhǎi), 宦豎 (huànshù), 宦竖 (huànshù), 宦途 (huàntú), 宦遊 (huànyóu), 宦游 (huànyóu), 宦達, 宦达, 宦門, 宦门, 巧宦, 年宦, 游宦 (yóuhuàn), 素宦, 羈宦, 羁宦, 薄宦, 謫宦, 谪宦, 豎宦, 竖宦, 達官顯宦, 达官显宦, 鄉宦, 乡宦, 門宦 (ménhuàn), 门宦 (ménhuàn), 閹宦 (yānhuàn), 阉宦 (yānhuàn), 顯宦, 显宦
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      "word": "世嗣宦族"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "shìhuàn",
      "word": "仕宦"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "名宦"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "奄宦"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "guānhuàn",
      "word": "官宦"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "官宦人家"
    },
    {
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      "word": "官宦氣息"
    },
    {
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      "word": "官宦气息"
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    {
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      "word": "宦學"
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    {
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    },
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      "roman": "huànguān",
      "word": "宦官"
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      "roman": "huànhǎi",
      "word": "宦海"
    },
    {
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      "roman": "huànshù",
      "word": "宦豎"
    },
    {
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      "roman": "huànshù",
      "word": "宦竖"
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      "word": "巧宦"
    },
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      "word": "年宦"
    },
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      "roman": "yóuhuàn",
      "word": "游宦"
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    {
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      "word": "素宦"
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    {
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      "word": "羈宦"
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    {
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      "word": "羁宦"
    },
    {
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      "word": "薄宦"
    },
    {
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      "word": "謫宦"
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      "word": "谪宦"
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    {
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      "word": "豎宦"
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    {
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      "word": "竖宦"
    },
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      "word": "達官顯宦"
    },
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      "word": "达官显宦"
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      "word": "鄉宦"
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      "word": "乡宦"
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      "roman": "ménhuàn",
      "word": "門宦"
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    {
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      "roman": "ménhuàn",
      "word": "门宦"
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      "word": "閹宦"
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      "roman": "yānhuàn",
      "word": "阉宦"
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      "word": "顯宦"
    },
    {
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    }
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      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "categorize"
    },
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        "adj": "",
        "nocap": "",
        "pron": ""
      },
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      "name": "liushu"
    },
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        "2": "臣",
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      },
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      "name": "Han compound"
    },
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        "3": "*(g/k)(j)wal",
        "4": "",
        "5": "slave; servant"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bo",
        "2": "ཁོལ་པོ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "servant"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "my",
        "2": "ကျွန်",
        "3": "",
        "4": "slave"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "3": "",
        "4": "slave"
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "",
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      },
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 宀 (“house”) + 臣 (“servant”) – slave; servant.\nCompare Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(g/k)(j)wal (“slave; servant”) (STEDT). Cognate with Tibetan ཁོལ་པོ (khol po, “servant”), Burmese ကျွန် (kywan, “slave”), Proto-Loloish *C-kywan¹ (“slave”), 倌 (OC *koːn, *kroːns).",
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      },
      "expansion": "宦",
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "_dis": "84 0 9 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "89 0 6 5",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "96 0 0 4",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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        "to hold public office"
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      "id": "en-宦-zh-character-re7yvw~H",
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      "id": "en-宦-zh-character-2NEy6RiD",
      "links": [
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          "government"
        ],
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          "official",
          "official"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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          "eunuch"
        ]
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        "a surname"
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "surname"
        ]
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huàn (huan⁴)"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄨㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "waan⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fon"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fon^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Guangdong"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fon⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huang⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huong⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hoān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huang⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huêng⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄨㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hwàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huann"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xuanʹ",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "хуань"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu̯än⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "waan⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "waahn"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "waan⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "wan⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/waːn²²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fon"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fon"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fon⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fon⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hailu",
        "Zhudong",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fon^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fon¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hailu",
        "Zhudong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Guangdong"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fon⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɔn⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian",
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huang⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian",
        "Hinghwa-Romanized"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huāng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huaŋ¹¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Xianyou",
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huong⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huoŋ²¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Xianyou"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hoān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "hoan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huan²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huan⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huan²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huan³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huan³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huang⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
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      "zh_pron": "huêng⁶"
    },
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huăng"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
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        "Sinological-IPA"
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        "Teochew",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Baxter-Sagart"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "/*m-kʷˤa[n]-s/"
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        "Old-Chinese",
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  "word": "宦"
}
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      "word": "宦途"
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      "roman": "huànyóu",
      "word": "宦遊"
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      "roman": "huànyóu",
      "word": "宦游"
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      "word": "宦達"
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      "word": "宦达"
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    {
      "word": "宦門"
    },
    {
      "word": "宦门"
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    {
      "word": "巧宦"
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    {
      "word": "年宦"
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      "roman": "yóuhuàn",
      "word": "游宦"
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      "word": "素宦"
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      "word": "竖宦"
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      "word": "達官顯宦"
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    {
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      "word": "乡宦"
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      "word": "门宦"
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      "word": "閹宦"
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      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
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      "zh_pron": "hoān"
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      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
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      "zh_pron": "huang⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
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        "Peng'im"
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      "zh_pron": "huêng⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
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      "zh_pron": "huàn"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
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        "Bopomofo"
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      "zh_pron": "ㄏㄨㄢˋ"
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    {
      "tags": [
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      "zh_pron": "huàn"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
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      "tags": [
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      "roman": "xuanʹ",
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        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
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        "Hong Kong"
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        "Hong Kong"
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      "zh_pron": "wan⁶"
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        "Hong Kong"
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        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su"
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      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Hagfa-Pinyim"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fon⁵⁵/",
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        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hailu",
        "Zhudong",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
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      "zh_pron": "fon^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fon¹¹/",
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        "Hakka",
        "Hailu",
        "Zhudong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Guangdong"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "fon⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɔn⁵³/",
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        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
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      "raw_tags": [
        "Putian",
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
      ],
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        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huang⁵"
    },
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        "Putian",
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        "Puxian-Min"
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      "ipa": "/huaŋ¹¹/",
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        "Putian"
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        "Puxian-Min",
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      "raw_tags": [
        "Xianyou",
        "Pouseng-Ping'ing"
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        "Puxian-Min"
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      "zh_pron": "huong⁵"
    },
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        "Xianyou"
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        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
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      "zh_pron": "hoān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
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      "zh_pron": "hoan"
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    {
      "ipa": "/huan²²/",
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huan⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huan²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huan³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huan³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "IPA",
        "Kaohsiung"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huang⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Peng'im"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huêng⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huăng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "huĕng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huaŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/hueŋ³⁵/",
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        "Min-Nan",
        "Teochew",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
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      "zh_pron": "hwaenH"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Baxter-Sagart"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "/*m-kʷˤa[n]-s/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "/*ɡʷraːns/"
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  "word": "宦"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 宦 meaning in Chinese (8.2kB)

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