"宦" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /xu̯än⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /waːn²²/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Sinological-IPA], /fon⁵⁵/ [Hakka, Sinological-IPA], /fon¹¹/ [Hakka, Sinological-IPA], /fɔn⁵³/ [Hakka, Meixian, Sinological-IPA], /huaŋ²¹/ [Puxian-Min, Sinological-IPA], /huoŋ²¹/ [Puxian-Min, Sinological-IPA], /huan²²/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /huan⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /huan²²/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /huan³³/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /huan³³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /huaŋ³⁵/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /hueŋ³⁵/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /xu̯än⁵¹/, /waːn²²/, /fon⁵⁵/, /fon¹¹/, /fɔn⁵³/, /huaŋ²¹/, /huoŋ²¹/, /huan²²/, /huan⁴¹/, /huan²²/, /huan³³/, /huan³³/, /huaŋ³⁵/, /hueŋ³⁵/ Chinese transliterations: huàn [Mandarin, Pinyin], huan⁴ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄏㄨㄢˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], waan⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], fon [Hakka, PFS, Sixian], fon^ˇ [Hailu, Hakka], fon⁴ [Guangdong, Hakka, Meixian], huang⁵, huong⁵, hoān [Hokkien, POJ], huang⁶ [Peng'im, Teochew], huêng⁶ [Peng'im, Teochew], huàn [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], huàn [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], huan⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], hwàn [Mandarin, Yale], huann [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], хуань [Mandarin, Palladius], xuanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius], waan⁶ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], waahn [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Yale], waan⁶ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Pinyin], wan⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong], fon [Hakka, Phak-fa-su], fon [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System], fon⁴ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka], fon^ˇ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System], huang⁵ [Puxian-Min], huong⁵ [Puxian-Min], huān [Hokkien, Tai-lo], hoan [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], huăng [POJ, Teochew], huĕng [POJ, Teochew], hwaenH [Middle-Chinese], /*m-kʷˤa[n]-s/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*ɡʷraːns/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
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 6 10 Disambiguation of Chinese hanzi: 89 0 4 7 Disambiguation of Middle Chinese hanzi: 92 0 0 7 Disambiguation of Old Chinese hanzi: 92 0 0 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 79 0 8 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 0 5 8
  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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      "roman": "shìhuàn",
      "word": "仕宦"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "名宦"
    },
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      "word": "奄宦"
    },
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      "word": "官宦"
    },
    {
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      "word": "官宦人家"
    },
    {
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      "word": "官宦氣息"
    },
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      "word": "宦豎"
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      "word": "年宦"
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      "roman": "yóuhuàn",
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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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      "word": "豎宦"
    },
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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": "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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      },
      "expansion": "",
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    },
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        "adj": "",
        "nocap": "",
        "pron": ""
      },
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      "name": "liushu"
    },
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      },
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      "name": "Han compound"
    },
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        "2": "sit-pro",
        "3": "*(g/k)(j)wal",
        "4": "",
        "5": "slave; servant"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "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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        "2": "*C-kywan¹",
        "3": "",
        "4": "slave"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "倌",
        "2": "",
        "3": "servant"
      },
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    }
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      "args": {
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        "2": "hanzi"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "84 0 6 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "89 0 4 7",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "92 0 0 7",
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        },
        {
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "79 0 8 13",
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        {
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to hold public office"
      ],
      "id": "en-宦-zh-character-re7yvw~H",
      "links": [
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          "hold"
        ],
        [
          "public",
          "public"
        ],
        [
          "office",
          "office"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "government official"
      ],
      "id": "en-宦-zh-character-2NEy6RiD",
      "links": [
        [
          "government",
          "government"
        ],
        [
          "official",
          "official"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "eunuch"
      ],
      "id": "en-宦-zh-character-02Vewrfa",
      "links": [
        [
          "eunuch",
          "eunuch"
        ]
      ]
    },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a surname"
      ],
      "id": "en-宦-zh-character-v2O7m9sM",
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄨㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waan⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fon"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fon^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fon⁴"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "huang⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "huong⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huang⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huêng⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hwàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huann"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хуань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xuanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu̯än⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waan⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waahn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waan⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wan⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/waːn²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fon"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fon"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fon⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fon⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fon^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fon¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɔn⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huang⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huaŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huong⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huoŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huan²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huan⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huan²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huan³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huan³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huăng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huĕng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huaŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hueŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hwaenH"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*m-kʷˤa[n]-s/"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ɡʷraːns/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu̯än⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/waːn²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fon⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fon¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɔn⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huaŋ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huoŋ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huan²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huan⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huan²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huan³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huan³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huaŋ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hueŋ³⁵/"
    },
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      "other": "/*ɡʷraːns/"
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      "word": "世嗣宦族"
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      "roman": "shìhuàn",
      "word": "仕宦"
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    {
      "word": "名宦"
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      "word": "奄宦"
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      "roman": "guānhuàn",
      "word": "官宦"
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      "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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      "word": "宦人"
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      "word": "宦囊"
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      "word": "宦女"
    },
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      "word": "宦學"
    },
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      "word": "宦学"
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      "roman": "huànguān",
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      "word": "宦情"
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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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      "roman": "huàntú",
      "word": "宦途"
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      "word": "宦遊"
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      "roman": "huànyóu",
      "word": "宦游"
    },
    {
      "word": "宦達"
    },
    {
      "word": "宦达"
    },
    {
      "word": "宦門"
    },
    {
      "word": "宦门"
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    {
      "word": "巧宦"
    },
    {
      "word": "年宦"
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      "roman": "yóuhuàn",
      "word": "游宦"
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      "word": "素宦"
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    {
      "word": "羈宦"
    },
    {
      "word": "羁宦"
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    {
      "word": "薄宦"
    },
    {
      "word": "謫宦"
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      "word": "谪宦"
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    {
      "word": "豎宦"
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    {
      "word": "竖宦"
    },
    {
      "word": "達官顯宦"
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    {
      "word": "达官显宦"
    },
    {
      "word": "鄉宦"
    },
    {
      "word": "乡宦"
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      "roman": "ménhuàn",
      "word": "門宦"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ménhuàn",
      "word": "门宦"
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    {
      "roman": "yānhuàn",
      "word": "閹宦"
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      "roman": "yānhuàn",
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      "word": "顯宦"
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        "2": "ཁོལ་པོ",
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          "hold"
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          "public",
          "public"
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          "office",
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          "eunuch"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄨㄢˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waan⁶"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka"
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      "zh-pron": "fon^ˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fon⁴"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "huang⁵"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "huong⁵"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huang⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huêng⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huan⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hwàn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huann"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хуань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xuanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu̯än⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waan⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waahn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waan⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wan⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/waːn²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fon"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fon"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "fon⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fon⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
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    },
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      "ipa": "/fon¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɔn⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huang⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huaŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huong⁵"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huoŋ²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hoan"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huan²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huan⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huan²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huan³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huan³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huăng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huĕng"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huaŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hueŋ³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hwaenH"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*m-kʷˤa[n]-s/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ɡʷraːns/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xu̯än⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/waːn²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fon⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fon¹¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fɔn⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huaŋ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huoŋ²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huan²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huan⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huan²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huan³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huan³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/huaŋ³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hueŋ³⁵/"
    },
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      "other": "[n]"
    },
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      "other": "/*ɡʷraːns/"
    }
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}

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