官 guān
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 宀 — roof
- Made of
- 宀 roof 㠯 according to, for, with
官僚
guānliáo
bureaucrat; bureaucratic
Characters in this word
僚 liáo
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 尞 fuel used for sacrifices
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 一些官僚把流程当成挡箭牌，宁愿层层签字，也不愿真正解决问题。 Yìxiē guānliáo bǎ liúchéng dàng chéng dǎngjiànpái, nìngyuàn céngcéng qiānzì, yě bù yuàn zhēnzhèng jiějué wèntí. Some bureaucrats use procedure as a shield, preferring layer after layer of signatures to truly solving problems.
- 办一张证要盖十几个章，真是官僚作风。 Bàn yì zhāng zhèng yào gài shí jǐ ge zhāng, zhēnshi guānliáo zuòfēng. Getting one permit takes a dozen stamps; that's real bureaucracy.
- 他不喜欢这家公司，因为官僚气太重了。 Tā bù xǐhuan zhè jiā gōngsī, yīnwèi guānliáoqì tài zhòng le. He dislikes this company because it is too bureaucratic.
Related words
- 法官 fǎguān judge
- 官 guān official
- 官方 guānfāng official
- 器官 qìguān organ
- 外交官 wàijiāoguān diplomat
- 官员 guānyuán official, government official
- 官兵 guānbīng officers and soldiers
- 官吏 guānlì officials; bureaucrats
- 官司 guānsi lawsuit
- 军官 jūnguān military officer
- 五官 wǔguān facial features; sense organs
- 候选人 hòuxuǎnrén candidate