稗官

Chinese

		millet; Panicum crus	official; government; organ of body
simp. and trad. (稗官)		稗	官

Etymology

From the Book of Han:

小說家者流，蓋出於稗官。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]

小说家者流，盖出于稗官。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]

From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

Xiǎoshuōjiā zhě liú, gài chū yú bàiguān. [Pinyin]

The School of Small Talks, probably from among the petty officials.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bàiguān

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bai⁶ gun¹ / baai⁶ gun¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bàiguān
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bàiguan
  - Wade–Giles: pai⁴-kuan¹
  - Yale: bài-gwān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bayguan
  - Palladius: байгуань (bajguanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bai⁶ gun¹ / baai⁶ gun¹
  - Yale: baih gūn / baaih gūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bai⁶ gun¹ / baai⁶ gun¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: bei⁶ gun¹ / bai⁶ gun¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɐi̯²² kuːn⁵⁵/, /paːi̯²² kuːn⁵⁵/

Noun

稗官

(historical) petty official responsible for reporting the talk of the town, stories, and local customs to the emperor
(figurative) novel
(figurative) novelist

Derived terms

稗官小說 / 稗官小说 (bàiguānxiǎoshuō)
稗官野史 (bàiguānyěshǐ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (稗官):

→ Japanese: 稗官(はいかん) (haikan)
→ Korean: 패관(稗官) (paegwan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
稗	官
はい Hyōgai	かん Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) はいかん [hàíkáń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ha̠ikã̠ɴ]

Noun

稗(はい)官(かん) • (haikan) ^{←はいくわん (faikwan)^?}

(historical) petty official tasked with collecting public gossip

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
稗	官

Noun

稗官 • (paegwan) (hangeul 패관)

hanja form^? of 패관