掌權

Chinese

		palm (of hand); in charge of	authority; power; right
trad. (掌權)		掌	權
simp. (掌权)		掌	权

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhǎngquán

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄤˇ ㄑㄩㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng² kyun⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chóng-khièn / chóng-khiàn
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chióng-koân / chiáng-koân / chióng-khoân / chiáng-khoân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhǎngquán
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄤˇ ㄑㄩㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhǎngcyuán
  - Wade–Giles: chang³-chʻüan²
  - Yale: jǎng-chywán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaangchyuan
  - Palladius: чжанцюань (čžancjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zoeng² kyun⁴
  - Yale: jéung kyùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng² kyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zêng² kün⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sœːŋ³⁵ kʰyːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chóng-khièn
  - Hakka Romanization System: zong` kienˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zong³ kian²
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡soŋ³¹ kʰi̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chóng-khiàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: zong` kianˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zong³ kian²
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡soŋ³¹ kʰi̯an¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chióng-koân
  - Tâi-lô: tsióng-kuân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciofngkoaan
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kuan²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡siɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuan²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kuan²³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiáng-koân
  - Tâi-lô: tsiáng-kuân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciafngkoaan
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siaŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kuan²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuan¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡siaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuan²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chióng-khoân
  - Tâi-lô: tsióng-khuân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciofngqoaan
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰuan²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰuan²⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiáng-khoân
  - Tâi-lô: tsiáng-khuân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciafngqoaan
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siaŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰuan²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰuan²⁴/

Verb

掌權

to be in power; to wield power

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 搦權／搦权

Related terms

上臺／上台 (shàngtái)