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各自為政

简各自为政 · 繁各自為政

Cantonese · source Jyutpinggok3 zi6 wai4 zing3

one inconsiderate of the situation, and administer things his
her own way

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Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.

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Reading & tones

gok33 · mid levelchecked · -kzi66 · low levelwai44 · low fallingzing33 · mid level

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Same syllable, six tones

gok咯gok1gok2—角gok3anglegok4—gok5—gok6—

zi之zi1…子zi2son 志zi3signzi4—zi5—自zi6from

wai威wai1power 委wai2to entrust 畏wai3to fear 为wai4to do 伟wai5big 位wai6position

zing精zing1essence 整zing2exactly 正zing3straightzing4—zing5—静zing6still

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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Written characters

各自為政为

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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:

各自為政 gè zì wéi zhèng CC-CEDICT · Mandarinto do things each in one's own way

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: ge4 zi4 wei2 zheng4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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phrase

(idiomatic) each acts on their own according to their own preferences or desires without any overall coordination

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