"Official" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 zhèng shì formal / official
 guān fāng government / official (approved or issued by an authority)
 gàn bù cadre / official / officer / manager
 guān yuán official (in an organization or government) / administrator
 guān lì bureaucrat / official
 jī guān bào official (government-operated) newspaper
 guān jiā emperor / government / official
 guān huàn functionary / official
 guān miǎn royal crown / official hat / official / leader / chief / elegant and stately
 fā sòng to transmit / to dispatch / to issue (an official document or credential)
 bàn gōng to handle official business / to work (esp. in an office)
 shū ji secretary (chief official of a branch of a socialist or communist party) / clerk / scribe
 zài jiā to be at home / (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差[chu1 chai1]) / (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家[chu1 jia1])
 gōng zǐ son of an official / son of nobility / your son (honorific)
 dà fū senior official (in imperial China)
 xíng rén pedestrian / traveler on foot / passer-by / official responsible for arranging audiences with the emperor
 hè dào to shout (i.e. to say in a loud voice) (usually followed by the words shouted) / (old) (of yamen bailiffs etc) to walk ahead of an official, shouting at pedestrians to clear the way
 chū chāi to go on an official or business trip
 lǎo zǒng boss / sir (person with a leading role in an organization) / (after a surname) high ranking commander in the PLA / (Qing dynasty) high ranking government official / (old) courteous term used by the general populace in addressing a rank-and-file soldier or police officer
 wén shū document / official correspondence / secretary / secretariat
 gōng jī jīn official reserves / accumulated fund
 zhǎng guān senior official / senior officer / commanding officer / CL:位[wei4] / sir (term of address for senior officer)
 wài zhuàn unofficial biography (as opposed to official dynastic biography)
 gōng wù official business
 lì àn to register (to an official organism) / to file a case (for investigation)
 shàng guān high-ranking official / superior
 mén jiàng official gatekeeper / goalkeeper (soccer, hockey etc)
 gāo guān high official
 róng rǔ guān precepts regarding what is honorable and what is shameful (in particular, refers to the Socialist Concepts on Honors and Disgraces, PRC official moral principles promulgated from 2006) / abbr. for 社會主義榮辱觀|社会主义荣辱观 / also known as the Eight Honors and Eight Shames 八榮八恥|八荣八耻[Ba1 Rong2 Ba1 Chi3]
 yì shì to discuss official business
 qīng yún clear sky / fig. high official position / noble
 shàng shū high official / government minister
 jiā gài to seal (with an official stamp) / to stamp / (fig.) to ratify / to put a lid on (a cooking pot) / to cap / to build an extension or additional story
 Bā Róng Bā Chǐ Eight Honors and Eight Shames, PRC official moral guidelines
 zhū hóu feudal vassal / feudal princes, esp. the monarchs (dukes or princes) of the several vassal states 諸侯國|诸侯国 / of Zhou during Western Zhou and Spring and Autumn periods 11th-5th century BC / subordinate warlord / local official
 tān guān corrupt official / grasping functionary / greedy mandarin
 gōng zhāng official seal
 guān wǎng official website (abbr. for 官方網站|官方网站[guan1 fang1 wang3 zhan4])
 shǒu zhǎng senior official
 guān fǔ authorities / feudal official
 kǎo guān an examiner / an official conducting an exam
 jiē dào bàn shì chù subdistrict office / neighborhood official / an official who works with local residents to report to higher government authorities
访 chū fǎng to go and visit in an official capacity or for investigation
 lóng fēi to promote (to official position in former times)
 shì láng ancient official title / assistant minister
 guān zhí an official position / a job in the bureaucracy
 dōng dào zhǔ host / official host (e.g. venue for games or a conference)
 láng zhōng doctor (Chinese medicine) / ancient official title / companions (respectful)
 lì shū clerical script / official script (Chinese calligraphic style)
 xíng wén writing style (formal) / to send an official written communication
 zuò guān to take an official post / to become a government employee
 tài bǎo a very high official in ancient China / juvenile delinquents
 pài zhù to dispatch (sb) in an official capacity / to be posted (as an ambassador, foreign correspondent etc)
 guān dǐ official residence
 pī wén official written ruling in response to a submission / official approval in writing
 míng shì famous scholar / worthy / celebrity, esp. distinguished literary person having no official post
 fǔ dǐ mansion house / official residence
 shì tú official career (formal)
 chén zǐ official in feudal court / subject
 gōng chāi official errand / bailiff in a yamen
 bài huì pay an official call / call on / visit in an official capacity
 zhōng chén faithful official
 wǔ guān military official / military attaché
 jiān chén a treacherous court official / a minister who conspires against the state
 guān jūn official army government army
 Bāo gōng Lord Bao or Judge Bao, fictional nickname of Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty
 dà yuán high official
 Qín Huì Qin Hui (1090-1155 AD), Song Dynasty official said to have betrayed General Yue Fei 岳飛|岳飞[Yue4 Fei1]
 zhēng zhào to enlist / to draft / to conscript / to appoint to an official position
 qīng guān honest and upright official (traditional)
 guān wèi official post
 bāo qīng tiān Bao Qingtian, fictional nickname of Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty
 lán pí shū an official report (e.g. governmental)
 Lín Zé xú Lin Zexu or Lin Tse-hsu "Commissioner Lin" (1785-1850), Qing official whose anti-opium activities led to first Opium war with Britain 1840-1842
 lǐng guǎn consulate / consular official
 zhèng shǐ the 24 or 25 official dynastic histories / true history, as opposed to fictional adaptation or popular legends
 fǔ dì mansion house / official residence
 guó hào official name of a nation (includes dynastic names of China: 漢|汉[Han4], 唐[Tang2] etc)
使 chāi shi official post / billet / commission / CL:件[jian4] / see also 差事[chai1 shi5]
使 chāi shǐ to send / to assign / to appoint / servants of an official / official messenger
 zhī ma guān low ranking official / petty bureaucrat
 dá guān guì rén high official and noble persons (idiom) / the great and the good
 chén xià official in feudal court / subject
 zǒu mǎ shàng rèn to ride to take up an official appointment (idiom) / to take on a job with alacrity / to undertake a task
 xiǎo guān petty official / minor functionary
 gōng gàn public business / official work
 guān chāi official business / government workmen / odd-job men
 Bāo Zhěng Bao Zheng (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty / modern day metaphor for an honest politician
簿 zhǔ bù official registrar (of a county etc) in imperial China
 guān xián title / official rank
 hóng tóu wén jiàn red-letterhead document, an official document with the name of the issuing government agency printed in red at the top, circulated to relevant bodies
 dá guān high-ranking official
 ēn zé favor from an emperor or high official
 lì lù wealth and official post
 xiāng shēn a scholar or government official living in one's village / a village gentleman / squire
 zī wén official communication (between gov. offices of equal rank) / report delivered by the head of gov. on affairs of state
 guān jiē official rank
 Liú Yì Liu Yi (-285), famous incorruptible official of Western Jin dynasty the Western Jin dynasty 西晉|西晋[Xi1 Jin4] (265-316) / Liu Yi (-412), general of Eastern Jin dynasty 東晉|东晋[Dong1 Jin4] (317-420)
 liú zhí to keep an official position / to hold on to one's job
 dà yìn stamp / official seal
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