當局

See also: 当局

Chinese

		to act as; represent; equal to act as; represent; equal; should; fitting; suitable; adequate; proper; replace; to be; to hold a position; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; match equally; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at	situation; office; (a measure word used for games) set or round office
trad. (當局)		當	局
simp. (当局)		当	局

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dāngjú

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄤㄐㄩˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dong¹ guk⁶
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tong-kio̍k / tng-kia̍k / tng-ke̍k / tng-kio̍k

(Teochew, Peng'im): dang¹ gêg⁸

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dāngjú
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄤㄐㄩˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dangjyú
  - Wade–Giles: tang¹-chü²
  - Yale: dāng-jyú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dangjyu
  - Palladius: данцзюй (danczjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕy³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dong¹ guk⁶
  - Yale: dōng guhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dong¹ guk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dong¹ gug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔːŋ⁵⁵ kʊk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tong-kio̍k
  - Tâi-lô: tong-kio̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dongkiok
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ³³ kiɔk̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kiɔk̚⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kiɔk̚¹²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tng-kia̍k
  - Tâi-lô: tng-kia̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dngkiak
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tŋ̍³³ kiak̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tng-ke̍k
  - Tâi-lô: tng-ki̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dngkek
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² kiɪk̚⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tng-kio̍k
  - Tâi-lô: tng-kio̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dngkiok
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tŋ̍⁴⁴⁻²² kiɔk̚¹²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dang¹ gêg⁸
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tang ke̍k
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taŋ³³⁻²³ kek̚⁴/

Noun

當局

authorities; those in power; government; regime

Derived terms

最高當局／最高当局
旁觀者審，當局者迷／旁观者审，当局者迷
當局稱迷，傍觀必審／当局称迷，傍观必审
當局者迷／当局者迷
當局者迷，傍觀者清／当局者迷，傍观者清 (dāngjú zhě mí pángguān zhě qīng)
當局者迷，旁觀者清／当局者迷，旁观者清 (dāngjúzhě mí, pángguānzhě qīng)
臺灣當局／台湾当局 (Táiwān dāngjú)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (當局):

→ Japanese: 当(とう)局(きょく) (tōkyoku)
→ Korean: 당국(當局) (dangguk)
→ Vietnamese: đương cục (當局)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
當	局
とう Hyōgai	きょく Grade: 3
on'yomi	kan'on

For pronunciation and definitions of 當局 – see the following entry.

【当局とうきょく】

[noun] authority (persons in command; specifically, government)

[noun] this or our 局 (kyoku, “office”) – post office (郵便局), broadcasting station (放送局), etc.

(This term, 當局, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
當	局

Noun

當局 • (dangguk) (hangeul 당국)

hanja form^? of 당국 (“authorities”)