威權

See also: 威权 and 威権

Chinese

		power; might; prestige	authority; power; right
trad. (威權)		威	權
simp. (威权)		威	权
anagram		權威／权威

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wēiquán

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟ ㄑㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai¹ kyun⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vî-khièn / vî-khiàn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ui-koân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wēiquán
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ ㄑㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: weicyuán
    • Wade–Giles: wei¹-chʻüan²
    • Yale: wēi-chywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueichyuan
    • Palladius: вэйцюань (vɛjcjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai¹ kyun⁴
    • Yale: wāi kyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai¹ kyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei¹ kün⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯⁵⁵ kʰyːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vî-khièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: vi´ kienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vi¹ kian²
    • Sinological IPA: /vi²⁴ kʰi̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vî-khiàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: vi´ kianˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vi¹ kian²
    • Sinological IPA: /vi²⁴ kʰi̯an¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ui-koân
    • Tâi-lô: ui-kuân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ui'koaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ui⁴⁴⁻²² kuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ui³³ kuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui⁴⁴⁻²² kuan¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ui⁴⁴⁻³³ kuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui⁴⁴⁻³³ kuan²³/

Noun

威權

1. power; influence; authority

Synonyms

• 力量 (lìliàng)
• 勢力／势力 (shìlì)
• 勢要／势要 (si⁴ yao⁴) (Sichuanese, or literary)
• 勢頭／势头 (shìtóu)
• 威力 (wēilì)
• 威勢／威势 (wēishì)
• 實力／实力 (shílì)
• 強力／强力 (qiánglì)
• 權勢／权势 (quánshì)
• 權焰／权焰 (quányàn) (literary)
• 聲勢／声势 (shēngshì)

 

Derived terms

• 威權主義／威权主义 (wēiquán zhǔyì, “authoritarianism”)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (威權):

• → Japanese: 威(い)権(けん) (iken)
• → Korean: 위권(威權) (wigwon)
• → Vietnamese: uy quyền (威權)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
威	權
い Grade: S	けん Hyōgaiji
on’yomi	kan’on

For pronunciation and definitions of 威權 – see the following entry.

【威権いけん】 [noun] authority

(This term, 威權, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
威	權

Noun

威權 • (wigwon) (hangeul 위권)

1. Hanja form^? of 위권.