| huàn | an official |
| 宦 | surname Huan |
| 宦官 | eunuch functionary |
| 宦海 | officialdom bureaucracy |
| 宦海浮沉 | the vicissitudes of official life; floating and sinking in the official seas |
| 宦海风波 | lit. raging sea of bureaucracy officials causing a big fuss |
| 宦游 | go from place to place seeking official posts |
| 宦途 | official career |
| 宦门 | family of officials family with connections to the bureaucracy (i.e. the middle classes in imperial China) |
| 宦骑 | horse guard imperial cavalry guard (of officials or eunuchs) |