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Definition 2024
官人
官人
Chinese
| official; government; organ of body | man; person; people | ||
|---|---|---|---|
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simp. and trad. (官人) |
官 | 人 | |
Verb
官人
Noun
官人
- (archaic) official
- (archaic) runner in a government office
- (archaic) (form of address used between men)
- (archaic) (term used by servants to address their masters)
- (term used by wives to address their husbands)
Usage notes
The last sense - term used by wives to address their husbands - is the only sense still in use in modern Mandarin.
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 官 | 人 |
| Grade: 4 | Grade: 1 |
Noun
官人 (hiragana かんじん, romaji kanjin)
- (obsolete) low-ranking government official
- (obsolete) public servant