官吏 meaning in English

guānlì

bureaucrat; official

HSK 7-9noun14 strokes

Meaning of 官吏

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

guānlì
  1. bureaucrat
  2. official

Stroke order for each character

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官 guān · government official · 8 strokes

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吏 lì · government official · 6 strokes

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  6. 6

Related words

Words that share a character with 官吏.

法官fǎguānjudge (in court)
官方guānfānggovernment; official (approved or issued by an authority)
器官qìguān(physiology) organ; apparatus
外交官wàijiāoguāndiplomat
官司guānsilawsuit
打官司dǎ guānsito file a lawsuit; to sue
警官jǐngguānconstable; police officer
军官jūnguānofficer (military)
官员guānyuánofficial (in an organization or government); administrator
官僚guānliáobureaucrat; bureaucracy
官兵guānbīng(military) officers and soldiers; officers and men
官僚主义guānliáo zhǔyìbureaucracy

Questions about 官吏

What does 官吏 mean?

官吏 (guānlì) means "bureaucrat; official" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 官吏?

官吏 is made of 2 characters: 官 (8 strokes), 吏 (6 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.

Is 官吏 an HSK word?

Yes. 官吏 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.