政治

Chinese

		political; politics; government	to rule; to govern; to manage to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); cure; treatment; to heal
simp. and trad. (政治)		政	治

Etymology

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 政(せい)治(じ) (seiji).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): zhèngzhì

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄓˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): җынҗы (žɨnžɨ, III-III)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing³ zi⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳn-chhṳ
• Eastern Min (BUC): céng-dê
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chèng-tǐ / chèng-tī

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zêng³ di⁷

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵tsen-zy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhèngzhì → zhèngzhi (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄓˋ → ㄓㄥˋ ˙ㄓ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngjhi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: chêng⁴-chih⁵
    • Yale: jèng-jr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenq.jyh
    • Palladius: чжэнчжи (čžɛnčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/ → /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ ɖ͡ʐ̥ʐ̩¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 政治 正治

  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: җынҗы (žɨnžɨ, III-III)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂəŋ⁴⁴ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁴⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zing³ zi⁶
    • Yale: jing jih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing³ dzi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing³ ji⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ t͡siː²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 政治 正字 正治 正自

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳn-chhṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: ziin cii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zin⁴ ci⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɨ⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: céng-dê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siŋ²¹³⁻⁵³ ^(t-)nɛi²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèng-tǐ
    • Tâi-lô: tsìng-tǐ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ti²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèng-tī
    • Tâi-lô: tsìng-tī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeangdi
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ ti³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ ti²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ ti³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zêng³ di⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsèng tī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡seŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ti¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵tsen-zy
    • MiniDict: tsen^去 zy
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsen-zr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sən³³ zz̩⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 政治

1. politics

   身份政治  ―  shēnfèn zhèngzhì  ―  identity politics

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 政治

1. (attributive) political (relating to politics)

   政治面貌  ―  zhèngzhì miànmào  ―  political affiliation

   政治體系／政治体系  ―  zhèngzhì tǐxì  ―  political system

   政治格局  ―  zhèngzhì géjú  ―  political landscape

   政治計謀／政治计谋  ―  zhèngzhì jìmóu  ―  political plot

   中國人民政治協商會議 [MSC, trad.]
   中国人民政治协商会议 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhōngguó rénmín zhèngzhì xiéshāng huìyì [Pinyin]

   Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

2. (colloquial) politically charged (of content); politically motivated (of a person)

Descendants

• → Zhuang: cwngci

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
政	治
せい Grade: 5	じ Grade: 4
on’yomi

Noun

政(せい)治(じ) • (seiji) ^{←せいぢ (seidi)?} (uncountable)

1. politics

Derived terms

• 政治学(せいじがく) (seijigaku, “the study of politics”)
• 政治家(せいじか) (seijika, “politician”)

Descendants

• Chinese: 政治 (zhèngzhì)
• Korean: 정치 (jeongchi)
• Vietnamese: chính trị

See also

• 国会(こっかい) (kokkai): the diet (of Japan)
• 米国議会(べいこくぎかい) (beikokugikai): the Congress (of USA)
• 英国議会(えいこくぎかい) (eikokugikai): the Parliament (of UK)
• 衆議院(しゅうぎいん) (shūgiin): the house of representatives (of Japan)
• 参議院(さんぎいん) (sangīn): the house of Councilors (of Japan)
• 永田町(ながたちょう) (nagatachō): Nagata-chō
• 議員(ぎいん) (gīn): member of the Diet, Congress or Parliament

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
政	治
まさ Grade: 5	はる Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Proper noun

政(まさ)治(はる) or 政治(proper) • (masaharu or proper) [[Category:Japanese
|まさはる]]

1. a male given name

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
政	治

Noun

政治 • (jeongchi) (hangeul 정치)

1. Hanja form^? of 정치 (“politics”).

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Okinawan

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 政治 (seiji).

Noun

政治 (hiragana しーじ, romaji shīji)

1. politics
2. government

   沖縄(うちなー)ぬ政治(しーじ)

   uchinā nu shīji

   Okinawan politics, Okinawan government

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
政	治

Noun

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