貶官

Chinese

		to diminish; to demote; reduce or devaluate to diminish; to demote; reduce or devaluate; disparage; censure; depreciate	official; government; organ of body
trad. (貶官)		貶	官
simp. (贬官)		贬	官

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): biǎnguān

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄢˇ ㄍㄨㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bin² gun¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: biǎnguān
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄢˇ ㄍㄨㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: biǎnguan
  - Wade–Giles: pien³-kuan¹
  - Yale: byǎn-gwān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beanguan
  - Palladius: бяньгуань (bjanʹguanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bin² gun¹
  - Yale: bín gūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bin² gun¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bin² gun¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piːn³⁵ kuːn⁵⁵/

Verb

貶⫽官 (verb-object)

to demote (an official)

Synonyms

左遷／左迁 (zuǒqiān) (literary)
甪職／甪职 (Hokkien)
落格 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
貶斥／贬斥 (biǎnchì) (literary)
貶職／贬职 (biǎnzhí) (literary)
貶黜／贬黜 (biǎnchù) (literary)
降級／降级 (jiàngjí)
降職／降职 (jiàngzhí)

Noun

貶官

demoted official

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