Chinese Word: 宦 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

宦

Pinyin: huàn

English Definition: imperial official; court eunuch; surname Huan

Chinese Definition:
①官，做官：官宦。仕宦。宦海。宦游。
②阉人，太监：宦官。
③姓氏。

Total strokes: 9; Radical: 宀

Ideographic:A minister 臣 in a statehouse 宀

Character Formation:

⿱ Above to below
- 宀 [gàimian2] roof; house
- 臣 [ chén ] minister, statesman, official, vassal

Similar Characters: 宜宧

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宦官	huàn guān	court eunuch
官宦	guān huàn	functionary; official
宦海	huàn hǎi	officialdom; bureaucracy
仕宦	shì huàn	(literary) to serve as an official
官宦人家	guān huàn rén jiā	family of a functionary (i.e. educated middle class in Qing times)

1		māo 猫 zài 在 shén me 什么 dì fang 地方 pǎo 跑？ huàn 宦 men 们 yán zhe 沿着 qiáng 墙 pǎo 跑。 Where are the cats running? Theyre running along the wall.
2		zài 在 zhōng guó 中国， tān guān 贪官 wū 污 huàn 宦 rì shí wàn qián 日食万钱； tā men 他们 hěn duō 很多 tóng bāo 同胞 què 却 zài 在 ái è 挨饿。 In China, corrupt officials live high on the hog while many of their countryman starve.
3		zài 在 xiǎn 显 huàn 宦 guì zú 贵族 men 们 dāng zhōng 当中， zhè 这 lèi 类 fēng yǎ 风雅 hào kè 好客 de 的 shì 事 bù zú wéi qí 不足为奇。 About the Court, such instances of elegant breeding are not uncommon.
4		qiě 且 chén 臣 shǎo 少 shì 事 wěi 伪 cháo 朝， lì 历 zhí 职 láng 郎 shǔ 署， běn 本 tú 图 huàn 宦 dá 达， bù 不 jīn 矜 míng jié 名节。 And the princes that less false dickinson, the bridegroom calendar ministry official, not pity figure of honor.
5		nà shí 那时 de 的 huáng dì 皇帝， nián jì 年纪 hái 还 xiǎo 小， hái 还 bù dǒng 不懂 guǎn lǐ 管理 shì wù 事务， yí qiè 一切 zhèng quán 政权 dōu 都 cāo zòng 操纵 zài 在 huàn 宦 guǎn 管 shǒu lǐ 手里。 The Emperor at that time was very young and unable to take charge of affairs. Thus all political power was in the hands of the eunuchs.

1		māo 猫 zài 在 shén me 什么 dì fang 地方 pǎo 跑？ huàn 宦 men 们 yán zhe 沿着 qiáng 墙 pǎo 跑。 Where are the cats running? Theyre running along the wall.
2		zài 在 zhōng guó 中国， tān guān 贪官 wū 污 huàn 宦 rì shí wàn qián 日食万钱； tā men 他们 hěn duō 很多 tóng bāo 同胞 què 却 zài 在 ái è 挨饿。 In China, corrupt officials live high on the hog while many of their countryman starve.
3		zài 在 xiǎn 显 huàn 宦 guì zú 贵族 men 们 dāng zhōng 当中， zhè 这 lèi 类 fēng yǎ 风雅 hào kè 好客 de 的 shì 事 bù zú wéi qí 不足为奇。 About the Court, such instances of elegant breeding are not uncommon.
4		qiě 且 chén 臣 shǎo 少 shì 事 wěi 伪 cháo 朝， lì 历 zhí 职 láng 郎 shǔ 署， běn 本 tú 图 huàn 宦 dá 达， bù 不 jīn 矜 míng jié 名节。 And the princes that less false dickinson, the bridegroom calendar ministry official, not pity figure of honor.
5		nà shí 那时 de 的 huáng dì 皇帝， nián jì 年纪 hái 还 xiǎo 小， hái 还 bù dǒng 不懂 guǎn lǐ 管理 shì wù 事务， yí qiè 一切 zhèng quán 政权 dōu 都 cāo zòng 操纵 zài 在 huàn 宦 guǎn 管 shǒu lǐ 手里。 The Emperor at that time was very young and unable to take charge of affairs. Thus all political power was in the hands of the eunuchs.