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

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Noun

(deprecated template usage) 政治

1. politics

   身份政治  ―  shēnfèn zhèngzhì  ―  identity 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

   政治舞臺／政治舞台  ―  zhèngzhì wǔtái  ―  political arena

   政治傾向／政治倾向  ―  zhèngzhì qīngxiàng  ―  political leanings

   政治正當性／政治正当性  ―  zhèngzhì zhèngdàngxìng  ―  political legitimacy

   民族政治  ―  mínzú zhèngzhì  ―  ethnopolitical

   你是文化人，不適合搞政治。 [MSC, trad.]
   你是文化人，不适合搞政治。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ shì wénhuàrén, bù shìhé gǎo zhèngzhì. [Pinyin]

   You are a cultured person — not suited to politics.

   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

   她在政治上有很大的野心。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Tā zài zhèngzhì shàng yǒu hěn dà de yěxīn. [Pinyin]

   She has great political ambitions.

Descendants

• → Zhuang: cwngci

Adjective

政治

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

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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

• → Okinawan: 政治
• → 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

Kanji in this term
政	治
しー Grade: 5	じ Grade: 4

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

政治

1. chữ Hán form of chính trị (“politics”).