guān​huà

Mandarin dialects

  • created reference approved 官话/官話 → 种/種 (classifier) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    官话 / 官話 guān​huà

    种 / 種 zhǒng

    classifier

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  • created reference approved 官话/官話 → 官腔 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    官话 / 官話 guān​huà

    官腔 guān​qiāng

    synonym

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  • created sense approved 官话/官話 · guān​huà · Mandarin dialects — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    官话 / 官話

    guān​huà

    Mandarin dialects

    A group of related Chinese dialects spoken across most of northern and southwestern China; Mandarin

    官 (literal) → 官 · guān · official 话 (literal) → 话/話 · huà · language

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  • created sense approved 官话/官話 · guān​huà · officialese — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    官话 / 官話

    guān​huà

    officialese

    Bureaucratic jargon or empty formalities used by officials; double-talk.

    官 (literal) → 官 · guān · official 话 (literal) → 话/話 · huà · speech

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  • created sense approved 官话/官話 · guān​huà · official language — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    官话 / 官話

    guān​huà

    official language

    Historically the common language used in official circles based on northern dialects; formerly the name for the national standard [[普通话|普通話|pu3 tong1 hua4]] or [[国语|國語|guo2 yu3]]

    官 (literal) → 官 · guān · official 话 (literal) → 话/話 · huà · language

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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