政委

Chinese

		political; politics; government	give up; indeed; to commission give up; indeed; to commission; crooked
trad. (政委)		政	委
simp. #(政委)		政	委

Etymology

Short for 政治委員／政治委员 (zhèngzhì wěiyuán).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhèngwěi

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing³ wai²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chèng-úi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhèngwěi
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngwěi
    • Wade–Giles: chêng⁴-wei³
    • Yale: jèng-wěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqwoei
    • Palladius: чжэнвэй (čžɛnvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing³ wai²
    • Yale: jing wái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing³ wai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing³ wei²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ wɐi̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèng-úi
    • Tâi-lô: tsìng-uí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeang'uie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ ui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ ui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ ui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ ui⁴¹/

Noun

政委

1. (military, politics) political commissar (within the army)

Synonyms

• 政治委員／政治委员 (zhèngzhì wěiyuán)

Descendants

• → Uyghur: ژېڭۋېي (zhëngwëy)