| 正式 | zhèng shì | formal / official |   |
| 官方 | guān fāng | government / official (approved or issued by an authority) | |
| 干部 | gàn bù | cadre / official / officer / manager | |
| 官员 | guān yuán | official (in an organization or government) / administrator | |
| 官吏 | guān lì | bureaucrat / official | |
| 机关报 | jī guān bào | official (government-operated) newspaper | |
| 官家 | guān jiā | emperor / government / official | |
| 官宦 | guān huàn | functionary / official | |
| 冠冕 | guān miǎn | royal crown / official hat / official / leader / chief / elegant and stately | |
| 发送 | fā sòng | to transmit / to dispatch / to issue (an official document or credential) | |
| 办公 | bàn gōng | to handle official business / to work (esp. in an office) | |
| 书记 | shū ji | secretary (chief official of a branch of a socialist or communist party) / clerk / scribe | |
| 在家 | zài jiā | to be at home / (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 出差[chu1 chai1]) / (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 出家[chu1 jia1]) | |
| 公子 | gōng zǐ | son of an official / son of nobility / your son (honorific) | |
| 大夫 | dà fū | senior official (in imperial China) | |
| 行人 | xíng rén | pedestrian / traveler on foot / passer-by / official responsible for arranging audiences with the emperor | |
| 喝道 | hè dào | to shout (i.e. to say in a loud voice) (usually followed by the words shouted) / (old) (of yamen bailiffs etc) to walk ahead of an official, shouting at pedestrians to clear the way | |
| 出差 | chū chāi | to go on an official or business trip | |
| 老总 | lǎo zǒng | boss / sir (person with a leading role in an organization) / (after a surname) high ranking commander in the PLA / (Qing dynasty) high ranking government official / (old) courteous term used by the general populace in addressing a rank-and-file soldier or police officer | |
| 文书 | wén shū | document / official correspondence / secretary / secretariat | |
| 公积金 | gōng jī jīn | official reserves / accumulated fund | |
| 长官 | zhǎng guān | senior official / senior officer / commanding officer / CL:位[wei4] / sir (term of address for senior officer) | |
| 外传 | wài zhuàn | unofficial biography (as opposed to official dynastic biography) | |
| 公务 | gōng wù | official business | |
| 立案 | lì àn | to register (to an official organism) / to file a case (for investigation) | |
| 上官 | shàng guān | high-ranking official / superior | |
| 门将 | mén jiàng | official gatekeeper / goalkeeper (soccer, hockey etc) | |
| 高官 | gāo guān | high official | |
| 荣辱观 | róng rǔ guān | precepts regarding what is honorable and what is shameful (in particular, refers to the Socialist Concepts on Honors and Disgraces, PRC official moral principles promulgated from 2006) / abbr. for 社會主義榮辱觀|社会主义荣辱观 / also known as the Eight Honors and Eight Shames 八榮八恥|八荣八耻[Ba1 Rong2 Ba1 Chi3] | |
| 议事 | yì shì | to discuss official business | |
| 青云 | qīng yún | clear sky / fig. high official position / noble | |
| 尚书 | shàng shū | high official / government minister | |
| 加盖 | jiā gài | to seal (with an official stamp) / to stamp / (fig.) to ratify / to put a lid on (a cooking pot) / to cap / to build an extension or additional story | |
| 八荣八耻 | Bā Róng Bā Chǐ | Eight Honors and Eight Shames, PRC official moral guidelines | |
| 诸侯 | zhū hóu | feudal vassal / feudal princes, esp. the monarchs (dukes or princes) of the several vassal states 諸侯國|诸侯国 / of Zhou during Western Zhou and Spring and Autumn periods 11th-5th century BC / subordinate warlord / local official | |
| 贪官 | tān guān | corrupt official / grasping functionary / greedy mandarin | |
| 公章 | gōng zhāng | official seal | |
| 官网 | guān wǎng | official website (abbr. for 官方網站|官方网站[guan1 fang1 wang3 zhan4]) | |
| 首长 | shǒu zhǎng | senior official | |
| 官府 | guān fǔ | authorities / feudal official | |
| 考官 | kǎo guān | an examiner / an official conducting an exam | |
| 街道办事处 | jiē dào bàn shì chù | subdistrict office / neighborhood official / an official who works with local residents to report to higher government authorities | |
| 出访 | chū fǎng | to go and visit in an official capacity or for investigation | |
| 龙飞 | lóng fēi | to promote (to official position in former times) | |
| 侍郎 | shì láng | ancient official title / assistant minister | |
| 官职 | guān zhí | an official position / a job in the bureaucracy | |
| 东道主 | dōng dào zhǔ | host / official host (e.g. venue for games or a conference) | |
| 郎中 | láng zhōng | doctor (Chinese medicine) / ancient official title / companions (respectful) | |
| 隶书 | lì shū | clerical script / official script (Chinese calligraphic style) | |
| 行文 | xíng wén | writing style (formal) / to send an official written communication | |
| 做官 | zuò guān | to take an official post / to become a government employee | |
| 太保 | tài bǎo | a very high official in ancient China / juvenile delinquents | |
| 派驻 | pài zhù | to dispatch (sb) in an official capacity / to be posted (as an ambassador, foreign correspondent etc) | |
| 官邸 | guān dǐ | official residence | |
| 批文 | pī wén | official written ruling in response to a submission / official approval in writing | |
| 名士 | míng shì | famous scholar / worthy / celebrity, esp. distinguished literary person having no official post | |
| 府邸 | fǔ dǐ | mansion house / official residence | |
| 仕途 | shì tú | official career (formal) | |
| 臣子 | chén zǐ | official in feudal court / subject | |
| 公差 | gōng chāi | official errand / bailiff in a yamen | |
| 拜会 | bài huì | pay an official call / call on / visit in an official capacity | |
| 忠臣 | zhōng chén | faithful official | |
| 武官 | wǔ guān | military official / military attaché | |
| 奸臣 | jiān chén | a treacherous court official / a minister who conspires against the state | |
| 官军 | guān jūn | official army government army | |
| 包公 | Bāo gōng | Lord Bao or Judge Bao, fictional nickname of Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty | |
| 大员 | dà yuán | high official | |
| 秦桧 | Qín Huì | Qin Hui (1090-1155 AD), Song Dynasty official said to have betrayed General Yue Fei 岳飛|岳飞[Yue4 Fei1] | |
| 征召 | zhēng zhào | to enlist / to draft / to conscript / to appoint to an official position | |
| 清官 | qīng guān | honest and upright official (traditional) | |
| 官位 | guān wèi | official post | |
| 包青天 | bāo qīng tiān | Bao Qingtian, fictional nickname of Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty | |
| 蓝皮书 | lán pí shū | an official report (e.g. governmental) | |
| 林则徐 | Lín Zé xú | Lin Zexu or Lin Tse-hsu "Commissioner Lin" (1785-1850), Qing official whose anti-opium activities led to first Opium war with Britain 1840-1842 | |
| 领馆 | lǐng guǎn | consulate / consular official | |
| 正史 | zhèng shǐ | the 24 or 25 official dynastic histories / true history, as opposed to fictional adaptation or popular legends | |
| 府第 | fǔ dì | mansion house / official residence | |
| 国号 | guó hào | official name of a nation (includes dynastic names of China: 漢|汉[Han4], 唐[Tang2] etc) | |
| 差使 | chāi shi | official post / billet / commission / CL:件[jian4] / see also 差事[chai1 shi5] | |
| 差使 | chāi shǐ | to send / to assign / to appoint / servants of an official / official messenger | |
| 芝麻官 | zhī ma guān | low ranking official / petty bureaucrat | |
| 达官贵人 | dá guān guì rén | high official and noble persons (idiom) / the great and the good | |
| 臣下 | chén xià | official in feudal court / subject | |
| 走马上任 | zǒu mǎ shàng rèn | to ride to take up an official appointment (idiom) / to take on a job with alacrity / to undertake a task | |
| 小官 | xiǎo guān | petty official / minor functionary | |
| 公干 | gōng gàn | public business / official work | |
| 官差 | guān chāi | official business / government workmen / odd-job men | |
| 包拯 | Bāo Zhěng | Bao Zheng (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty / modern day metaphor for an honest politician | |
| 主簿 | zhǔ bù | official registrar (of a county etc) in imperial China | |
| 官衔 | guān xián | title / official rank | |
| 红头文件 | hóng tóu wén jiàn | red-letterhead document, an official document with the name of the issuing government agency printed in red at the top, circulated to relevant bodies | |
| 达官 | dá guān | high-ranking official | |
| 恩泽 | ēn zé | favor from an emperor or high official | |
| 利禄 | lì lù | wealth and official post | |
| 乡绅 | xiāng shēn | a scholar or government official living in one's village / a village gentleman / squire | |
| 咨文 | zī wén | official communication (between gov. offices of equal rank) / report delivered by the head of gov. on affairs of state | |
| 官阶 | guān jiē | official rank | |
| 刘毅 | Liú Yì | Liu Yi (-285), famous incorruptible official of Western Jin dynasty the Western Jin dynasty 西晉|西晋[Xi1 Jin4] (265-316) / Liu Yi (-412), general of Eastern Jin dynasty 東晉|东晋[Dong1 Jin4] (317-420) | |
| 留职 | liú zhí | to keep an official position / to hold on to one's job | |
| 大印 | dà yìn | stamp / official seal | |
