上官

Chinese

		up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	official; government; organ of body
simp. and trad. (上官)		上	官

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shàngguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ gun¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): song-kôn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siōng-koaⁿ / siāng-koaⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shàngguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shàngguan
    • Wade–Giles: shang⁴-kuan¹
    • Yale: shàng-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shanqguan
    • Palladius: шангуань (šanguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁶ gun¹
    • Yale: seuhng gūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ gun¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ gun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² kuːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: song-kôn
    • Hakka Romanization System: song gon^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: song⁴ gon¹
    • Sinological IPA: /soŋ⁵⁵ kon²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siōng-koaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: siōng-kuann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioxngkvoaf
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² kuã³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ kuã⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ kuã⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ kuã⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siāng-koaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: siāng-kuann
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaxngkvoaf
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ²²⁻²¹ kuã⁴⁴/

Noun

上官

1. one's direct superior in office
2. high-ranking official

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shàngguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄤˋ ㄍㄨㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng⁶ gun¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): Song-kôn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Siōng-koan / Siāng-koan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shàngguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄤˋ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shàngguan
    • Wade–Giles: Shang⁴-kuan¹
    • Yale: Shàng-gwān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shanqguan
    • Palladius: Шангуань (Šanguanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑŋ⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng⁶ gun¹
    • Yale: seuhng gūn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng⁶ gun¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng⁶ gun¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ²² kuːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Song-kôn
    • Hakka Romanization System: song gon^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: song⁴ gon¹
    • Sinological IPA: /soŋ⁵⁵ kon²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Siōng-koan
    • Tâi-lô: Siōng-kuan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sioxngkoafn
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ³³⁻²¹ kuan⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² kuan³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /siɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ kuan⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ²²⁻²¹ kuan⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Siāng-koan
    • Tâi-lô: Siāng-kuan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaxngkoafn
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ²²⁻²¹ kuan⁴⁴/

Proper noun

上官

1. a Chinese compound surname

   上官婉兒／上官婉儿  ―  Shàngguān Wǎn'ér  ―  Shangguan Wan'er (Tang Dynasty imperial consort and politician)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
上	官
じょう Grade: 1	かん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) じょーかん [jòókáń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːkã̠ɴ]

Noun

上(じょう)官(かん) • (jōkan) 

1. a senior officer

References

• Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN