Chinese Word Entry

考官
Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄎㄠˇ ㄍㄨㄢ
Mandarin (Pinyin): kǎo guān
Cantonese (Jyutping): haau2 gun1
Definitions:
  1. an examiner (for tests, interviews etc)

  2. (old) imperial examination official


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Chinese characters used in this word

consider, think over, examine, test, investigate
Readings
Mandarin: ㄎㄠˇ (kǎo)
Cantonese: haau2
Japanese: コウ (kou) / かんが.える (kangaeru)、 かんが.え (kangae)
Korean: 고 (go)
Vietnamese: khảo
Variants
Semantic variant form:

bureaucrat, the government, organ, official, public servant
Readings
Mandarin: ㄍㄨㄢ (guān)
Cantonese: gun1
Japanese: カン (kan) / つかさ (tsukasa)、 おおやけ (ooyake)
Korean: 관 (gwan)
Vietnamese: quan