官腔 (guān qiāng) — bureaucratic tone; official jargon (derogatory)

Definition

官腔 is 'official jargon' — empty, evasive bureaucratic speech used to dodge real answers, always with a negative tone. Used as a content word (打官腔, 一套官腔), not a style register.

noun
bureaucratic toneofficial jargon (derogatory)

Examples

  • 官腔，。
    Tā shuō huà zǒng shì yí tào guān qiāng, ràng rén tīng le hěn bù shū fu.
    He always speaks in a bureaucratic tone, which makes people very uncomfortable.
  • ，。
    Bié gēn wǒ dǎ guān qiāng, zhí jiē shuō xíng bu xíng.
    Don't give me bureaucratic jargon — just say yes or no directly.
  • 官腔，。
    Zhè piān bào gào quán shì guān qiāng, yì diǎn shí jì nèi róng dōu méi yǒu.
    This report is full of official jargon, with no real substance at all.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

官guānofficial
腔qiāngtone

官 (official) + 腔 (tone), the way officials speak, often pompous.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

  • 宀宀mián
  • 𠂤𠂤𠂤

官 pairs 宀, a roof, with 𠂤, rooms beneath it, to depict an official building.

Open 官 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

腔 is made from 肉 (meat; flesh) plus 空 (empty; hollow), where 空 supplies the sound.

Open 腔 →

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