Chinese edit

official; government; organ of body man; person; people
simp. and trad.
(官人)

Pronunciation edit


Verb edit

官人

  1. (archaic) to confer the title and position of an official
  2. (Yixian Huizhou, face-to-face) father

Synonyms edit

  • (father):

Noun edit

官人

  1. (archaic) official
  2. (archaic) runner in a government office
  3. (archaic) (form of address used between men)
  4. (archaic) (term used by servants to address their masters)
  5. (term used by wives to address their husbands)

Usage notes edit

The last sense - term used by wives to address their husbands - is the only sense still in use in modern Mandarin.

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
かん
Grade: 4
じん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun edit

(かん)(じん) (kanjin

  1. (obsolete) low-ranking government official
  2. (obsolete) public servant