權謀

See also: 权谋

Chinese

		authority; power; right	to plan; seek; scheme
trad. (權謀)		權	謀
simp. (权谋)		权	谋
anagram		謀權／谋权

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): quánmóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄇㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kyun⁴ mau⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): koân-biô / koân-bô͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quánmóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄇㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuánmóu
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüan²-mou²
    • Yale: chywán-móu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyuanmou
    • Palladius: цюаньмоу (cjuanʹmou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ moʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kyun⁴ mau⁴
    • Yale: kyùhn màuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kyn⁴ mau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: kün⁴ meo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyːn²¹ mɐu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koân-biô
    • Tâi-lô: kuân-biô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koanbiooi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kuan²⁴⁻²² bio²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koân-bô͘
    • Tâi-lô: kuân-bôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koanboo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kuan¹³⁻²² bɔ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kuan²⁴⁻²² bɔ²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: gjwen mjuw

Rime
Character	權	謀
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	仙 (80)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	巨員切	莫浮切
Baxter	gjwen	mjuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡˠiuᴇn/	/mɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡʷᵚiɛn/	/miu/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡiuæn/	/miəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gwian/	/muw/
Li Rong	/ɡjuɛn/	/miu/
Wang Li	/ɡĭwɛn/	/mĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi̯wɛn/	/mi̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	quán	móu
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kyun4	mau4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]ʷrar  mə/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡron  mɯ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	權	謀
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	quán	móu
Middle Chinese	‹ gjwen ›	‹ mjuw ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]ʷrar/	/*mə/
English	weight of a steelyard	plan (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	權	謀
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	4496	9276
Phonetic component	雚	某
Rime group	元	之
Rime subdivision	3	0
Corresponding MC rime	權	謀
Old Chinese	/*ɡron/	/*mɯ/

Noun

權謀

1. tactics; strategy; a well thought out strategy which is nimble and adaptable to circumstances