Chinese symbol for “bureaucrat”
官僚
guān liáo
bureaucrat; bureaucracy; bureaucratic
The closest CC-CEDICT match for bureaucrat is 官僚 (guān liáo), defined as: bureaucrat; bureaucracy; bureaucratic.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “bureaucrat”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 官僚.
| 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 |
| 幕僚 | mù liáo | aides and advisors of top officials |
| 同僚 | tóng liáo | colleague; coworker |
See also: Japanese symbol for “bureaucrat”.
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.