土官

土官

Chinese

		earth; dust; rural earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian	official; government; organ of body
simp. and trad. (土官)		土	官

Etymology

土 (“local; native; indigenous”) +‎ 官 (“official”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tǔguān

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tǔguān
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˇ ㄍㄨㄢ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuuguan
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ku̯a̠n⁵⁵/

Noun

土官

1. (archaic) a chieftain who ruled a certain ethnic minority under Chinese Tusi system

Derived terms

• 改土歸流／改土归流 (gǎitǔguīliú)

Synonyms

• 土司 (tǔsī)
• 土目 (tǔmù)

Antonyms

• 流官 (liúguān)