幕僚

Chinese

		stage curtain; tent	bureaucrat
trad. (幕僚)		幕	僚
simp. ^#(幕僚)		幕	僚

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mùliáo

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mok⁶ liu⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bō͘-liâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mùliáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mùliáo
  - Wade–Giles: mu⁴-liao²
  - Yale: mù-lyáu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: muhliau
  - Palladius: муляо (muljao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu⁵¹ li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mok⁶ liu⁴
  - Yale: mohk lìuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mok⁹ liu⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: mog⁶ liu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔːk̚² liːu̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bō͘-liâu
  - Tâi-lô: bōo-liâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boxliaau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bɔ²²⁻²¹ liau²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bɔ⁴¹⁻²² liau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔ²²⁻²¹ liau¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bɔ³³⁻¹¹ liau²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔ³³⁻²¹ liau²³/

Noun

幕僚

(archaic) assistant; aide; advisor (especially to a high ranking officer who offered both accommodation and pay to the said aide)
staff member of a company or government (especially one that plays a supporting role and does not directly generate income for the said organization, e.g. a technician from the IT department of a manufacturing business)

Derived terms

幕僚長 / 幕僚长 (mùliáozhǎng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
幕	僚
ばく Grade: 6	りょう Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ばくりょー [bàkúryóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ba̠kɯ̟ɾʲo̞ː]

Noun

幕(ばく)僚(りょう) • (bakuryō)

(military) staff

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN