官官相衛

Chinese

		official; government; organ of body	official; government; organ of body	each other; appearance; portrait each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually	to guard; to protect; to defend to guard; to protect; to defend; surname
trad. (官官相衛/官官相衞)		官	官	相	衛/衞
simp. (官官相卫)		官	官	相	卫

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guānguānxiāngwèi

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄢㄍㄨㄢㄒㄧㄤㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gun¹ gun¹ soeng¹ wai⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guānguānxiāngwèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄢㄍㄨㄢㄒㄧㄤㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guanguansiangwèi
  - Wade–Giles: kuan¹-kuan¹-hsiang¹-wei⁴
  - Yale: gwān-gwān-syāng-wèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guanguanshiangwey
  - Palladius: гуаньгуаньсянвэй (guanʹguanʹsjanvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯än⁵⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gun¹ gun¹ soeng¹ wai⁶
  - Yale: gūn gūn sēung waih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gun¹ gun¹ soeng¹ wai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: gun¹ gun¹ sêng¹ wei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuːn⁵⁵ kuːn⁵⁵ sœːŋ⁵⁵ wɐi̯²²/

Idiom

官官相衛

(derogatory) officials shielding each other; officials covering up for each other

Synonyms

官官相護／官官相护

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