干政

Chinese

		to concern; to interfere; shield to concern; to interfere; shield; stem	political; politics; government
simp. and trad. (干政)		干	政

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gānzhèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄢ ㄓㄥˋ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kan-chèng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gānzhèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄢ ㄓㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ganjhèng
    • Wade–Giles: kan¹-chêng⁴
    • Yale: gān-jèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ganjenq
    • Palladius: ганьчжэн (ganʹčžɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kan-chèng
    • Tâi-lô: kan-tsìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kanzexng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kan⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kan³³ t͡siɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kan⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kan⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kan⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ²¹/

Verb

干政

1. (literary) to interfere with political or governmental affairs.

   • 我大宋朝廷律法早有明文後宮不得干政。 [MSC, trad.]
     我大宋朝廷律法早有明文后宫不得干政。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: Justice Bao

     Wǒ dà sòng cháotíng lǜfǎ zǎo yǒu míngwén hòugōng bùdé gānzhèng. [Pinyin]

     For so long has the palace law of my Great Song Empire prescribed that the harem shall not interfere with politics.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (干政):

• → Vietnamese: can chính (干政)