掌權

Chinese

		palm (of hand); in charge of	authority; power; right
trad. (掌權)		掌	權
simp. (掌权)		掌	权

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǎngquán

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄤˇ ㄑㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng² kyun⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chóng-khièn / chóng-khiàn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chióng-koân / chiáng-koân / chióng-khoân / chiáng-khoân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhǎngquán
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄤˇ ㄑㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhǎngcyuán
    • Wade–Giles: chang³-chʻüan²
    • Yale: jǎng-chywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaangchyuan
    • Palladius: чжанцюань (čžancjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zoeng² kyun⁴
    • Yale: jéung kyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng² kyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zêng² kün⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːŋ³⁵ kʰyːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chóng-khièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: zong` kienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zong<sup>3</sup> kian<sup>2</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡soŋ³¹ kʰi̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chóng-khiàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: zong` kianˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zong³ kian²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡soŋ³¹ kʰi̯an¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chióng-koân
    • Tâi-lô: tsióng-kuân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciofngkoaan
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡siɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kuan²³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiáng-koân
    • Tâi-lô: tsiáng-kuân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciafngkoaan
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siaŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kuan²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuan¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡siaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuan²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chióng-khoân
    • Tâi-lô: tsióng-khuân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciofngqoaan
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰuan²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰuan²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiáng-khoân
    • Tâi-lô: tsiáng-khuân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciafngqoaan
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siaŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰuan²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰuan²⁴/

Verb

掌權

1. to be in power; to wield power

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 搦權／搦权

Related terms

• 上臺／上台 (shàngtái)