官方

Chinese

		official; government; organ of body	square; quadrilateral; place square; quadrilateral; place; region; direction; side; method; way; prescription; power; upright; just
simp. and trad. (官方)		官	方

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guānfāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢ ㄈㄤ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gun¹ fong¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): gon¹ fong¹

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): koaⁿ-hong

  (Teochew, Peng'im): guan¹ huang¹

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹kuoe-faon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guānfāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢ ㄈㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guanfang
    • Wade–Giles: kuan¹-fang¹
    • Yale: gwān-fāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guanfang
    • Palladius: гуаньфан (guanʹfan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵ fɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gun¹ fong¹
    • Yale: gūn fōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gun¹ fong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gun¹ fong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn⁵⁵ fɔːŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: gon¹ fong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kᵘɔn³³ fɔŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koaⁿ-hong
    • Tâi-lô: kuann-hong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kvoa'hofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kuã⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuã³³ hɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuã⁴⁴⁻²² hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kuã⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kuã⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: guan¹ huang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuaⁿ huang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kũã³³⁻²³ huaŋ³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹kuoe-faon
    • MiniDict: kuoe^平 faon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹kuoe-faan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kuø⁵⁵ fɑ̃²¹/

Adjective

官方

1. (attributive) official; authoritative; approved

Antonyms

• 非官方 (fēiguānfāng)

Derived terms

• 官方語言／官方语言 (guānfāng yǔyán)
• 非官方 (fēiguānfāng)

 

Noun

官方

1. government
   1. (Hong Kong, law, historical) Crown

      本條例對官方具約束力。 [MSC, trad.]
      本条例对官方具约束力。 [MSC, simp.]

      Běn tiáolì duì guānfāng jù yuēshùlì. [Pinyin]

      This Ordinance binds the Crown.

2. (literary) rites and rules applying to officials

Synonyms

• (government):

• 公班衙 (Malaysian Hokkien)
• 政府 (zhèngfǔ)
• 阿公 (Singapore Hokkien, slang)

 

Related terms

• 官紀／官纪 (guānjì)