HSK 6 · Society

官方 guānfāng “official” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 官方 means

  1. official
  2. government
  3. official (approved or issued by an authority)

How to say 官方

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale官guān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale方fāng1st tone, high and level

官方 in a sentence

  1. 泰语是泰国的官方语言。

    Tàiyǔ shì Tàiguó de guānfāng yǔyán.

    Thai is the official language of Thailand.

    Sentence #817664 from Tatoeba

  2. 这是官方消息。

    Zhè shì guānfāng xiāoxi.

    This news is official.

    Sentence #334538 from Tatoeba

  3. 现在它是官方的了。

    Xiànzài tā shì guānfāng de le.

    Now it’s official.

    Sentence #5900363 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 官方 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 官 (guān) with each of its parts in a different colour
官guāngovernment official
  • 宀roof · mián
  • 㠯according to
The character 方 (fāng) drawn as one shape
方fāngsquare

方 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 官方

官 8 strokes · 方 4 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

官方 (guānfāng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 官方 (guānfāng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 官方

Words with 官

官guān · government official器官qìguān · organ (of the body)打官司dǎguānsi · to go to court

Words with 方

北方běifāng · north地方dìfang · place方便fāngbiàn · convenient南方nánfāng · the south西方xīfāng · the West东方dōngfāng · the East方便面fāngbiànmiàn · instant noodles方法fāngfǎ · method方面fāngmiàn · respect方向fāngxiàng · direction

More words: Society & Law

共和国gònghéguó · republic公民gōngmín · citizen公证gōngzhèng · notarisation勾结gōujié · to collude with管辖guǎnxiá · to have jurisdiction over规章guīzhāng · rules贵族guìzú · noble国防guófáng · national defence

FAQs

官方 (guānfāng) means “official” or “government”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it guānfāng: guān with a 1st tone, then fāng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 官方 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guanfang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 官方 from the suggestions. Typing guanfang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
官方 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.