Chinese symbol for “bureaucracy”
官僚主义
guān liáo zhǔ yì
Traditional: 官僚主義
bureaucracy
The closest CC-CEDICT match for bureaucracy is 官僚主义 (guān liáo zhǔ yì), defined as: bureaucracy.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “bureaucracy”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 官僚 | guān liáo | bureaucrat; bureaucracy |
| 官场 (官場) | guān chǎng | officialdom; bureaucracy |
| 官僚习气 (官僚習氣) | guān liáo xí qì | (derog.) bureaucracy; red tape |
| 宦海 | huàn hǎi | officialdom; bureaucracy |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 官僚主义.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 官方 | guān fāng | government; official (approved or issued by an authority) |
| 官员 (官員) | guān yuán | official (in an organization or government); administrator |
| 法官 | fǎ guān | judge (in court) |
| 官网 (官網) | guān wǎng | official website (abbr. for 官方网站 (guān fāng wǎng zhàn)) |
| 军官 (軍官) | jūn guān | officer (military) |
| 器官 | qì guān | (physiology) organ; apparatus |
| 官僚 | guān liáo | bureaucrat; bureaucracy |
| 幕僚 | mù liáo | aides and advisors of top officials |
| 主要 | zhǔ yào | main; principal; major; primary |
| 意义 (意義) | yì yì | sense; meaning |
See also: Japanese symbol for “bureaucracy”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.