稗官 [－－]

Jyutping 稗 gun1
Pinyin bài guān

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, figuratively
    novel
  2. noun, historical
    petty official responsible for reporting the talk of the town, stories, and local customs to the emperor
  3. noun, figuratively
    novelist

稗官 [－－]

Jyutping
Pinyin bài guān

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. (old) petty official charged with reporting back to the ruler on what people in a locality are talking about
  2. novel in the vernacular
  3. fiction writer; novelist