"稗官" meaning in Chinese

See 稗官 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /paɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /pɐi̯²² kuːn⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /paːi̯²² kuːn⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /paɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/, /pɐi̯²² kuːn⁵⁵/, /paːi̯²² kuːn⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: bàiguān [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄅㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄢ [Mandarin, bopomofo], bai⁶ gun¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], baai⁶ gun¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], bàiguān [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄅㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄢ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], bàiguan [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], pai⁴-kuan¹ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], bài-gwān [Mandarin, Yale, standard], bayguan [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], байгуань [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], bajguanʹ [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], baih gūn [Cantonese, Yale], baaih gūn [Cantonese, Yale], bai⁶ gun¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], baai⁶ gun¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], bei⁶ gun¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], bai⁶ gun¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: From the Book of Han Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 稗官
  1. (historical) petty official responsible for reporting the talk of the town, stories, and local customs to the emperor Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-稗官-zh-noun-Tjeqfxp6 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Books, Occupations Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 51 36 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 49 26 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 26 26 Disambiguation of Books: 60 31 9 Disambiguation of Occupations: 91 5 5
  2. (figurative) novel Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-稗官-zh-noun-8hEObPkr
  3. (figurative) novelist Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-稗官-zh-noun-uQXSDNry
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 稗官小說 (bàiguānxiǎoshuō), 稗官小说 (bàiguānxiǎoshuō), 稗官野史 (bàiguānyěshǐ)
Categories (other): Government Disambiguation of Government: 0 0 0
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "baai⁶ gun¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bàiguān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄢ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bàiguan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pai⁴-kuan¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bài-gwān"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bayguan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "байгуань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bajguanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/paɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "baih gūn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "baaih gūn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bai⁶ gun¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "baai⁶ gun¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bei⁶ gun¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bai⁶ gun¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐi̯²² kuːn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/paːi̯²² kuːn⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/paɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɐi̯²² kuːn⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/paːi̯²² kuːn⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Book of Han"
  ],
  "word": "稗官"
}

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  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺'",
  "path": [
    "稗官"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "稗官",
  "trace": ""
}

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