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

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

one's direct superior in office
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

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

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)

a senior officer

References

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