官僚

guānliáo

HSK 7

官僚 — guānliáo

1. a government official; bureaucrat

   他在政府做了二十年官僚。 tā zài zhèngfǔ zuò le èrshínián guānliáo — He worked as a bureaucrat in the government for twenty years.

2. bureaucracy (the administrative system or its red tape)

   我们被官僚拖了好几个月才能办完手续。 wǒmen bèi guānliáo tuō le hǎojǐgè yuè cáinéng bànwán shǒuxù — The bureaucracy delayed us for several months before the procedures were completed.

3. bureaucratic; characterized by excessive red tape or rigid procedures

   那是一套非常官僚的规章，效率很低。 nà shì yītào fēicháng guānliáo de guīzhāng xiàolǜ hěn dī — That's a very bureaucratic set of rules; the efficiency is very low.