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政
Mandarin · pinyin zhèng
Meanings
- political
- politics
- government
Characters in this entry
- 政
- zhèng · government, political affairs
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Mandarin tones
4 · zheng4
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Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.
Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 6 senses · 1 Cantonese reading
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
zing3
Cantonese word readings for 政. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section
Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
character
- government; political power
- regulation; rule; decree
- politics; political affairs
- administrative affairs of governmental departments, families or organisations
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to govern; to rule
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to correct; to comment on (a manuscript)
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