稗官

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。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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小说家者流，盖出于稗官。 [Classical Chinese, 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

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• 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 kwän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • 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

1. (historical) petty official responsible for reporting the talk of the town, stories, and local customs to the emperor
2. (figuratively) novel
3. (figuratively) novelist

Derived terms

稗官野史 (bàiguānyěshǐ)

稗官小說／稗官小说 (bàiguānxiǎoshuō)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (稗官):

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

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
稗	官
はい Hyōgaiji	かん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (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)?}

1. (historical) petty official tasked with collecting public gossip

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
稗	官

Noun

稗官 • (paegwan) (hangeul 패관)

1. Hanja form^? of 패관.