為政

Chinese

		because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become	political; politics; government
trad. (為政/爲政)		為/爲	政
simp. (为政)		为	政

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wéizhèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ ㄓㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁴ zing³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ûi-chèng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéizhèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ ㄓㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wéijhèng
    • Wade–Giles: wei²-chêng⁴
    • Yale: wéi-jèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weijenq
    • Palladius: вэйчжэн (vɛjčžɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁴ zing³
    • Yale: wàih jing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁴ dzing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁴ jing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²¹ t͡sɪŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ûi-chèng
    • Tâi-lô: uî-tsìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uizexng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ui²⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ui²⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui¹³⁻²² t͡siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ui²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡siɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui²³⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: hjwe tsyengH

Rime
Character	為	政
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	支 (14)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	薳支切	之盛切
Baxter	hjwe	tsyengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠiuᴇ/	/t͡ɕiᴇŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚiɛ/	/t͡ɕiɛŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuɛ/	/t͡ɕiæŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦjwiə̆/	/ciajŋH/
Li Rong	/ɣjue/	/t͡ɕiɛŋH/
Wang Li	/ɣǐwe/	/t͡ɕĭɛŋH/
Bernard Karlgren	/wie̯/	/t͡ɕi̯ɛŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wéi	zhèng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	wai4	zing3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ɢʷ(r)aj  teŋ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷal  tjeŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	為	政
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wéi	zhèng
Middle Chinese	‹ hjwe ›	‹ tsyengH ›
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷ(r)aj/	/*teŋ-s/
English	make, do, act as	government
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	為	政
Reading #	1/2	1/1
No.		17177
Phonetic component	爲	正
Rime group	歌	耕
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	爲	政
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷal/	/*tjeŋs/
Notes	俗爲字

Verb

為政

1. (literary) to administer affairs of the state; to participate in politics

   • 子曰：「為政以德，譬如北辰，居其所，而眾星共之。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     子曰：「为政以德，譬如北辰，居其所，而众星共之。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Zǐyuē: “Wéizhèng yǐ dé, pìrú běichén, jū qí suǒ, ér zhòng xīng gòng zhī.” [Pinyin]

     The Master said, "He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it."

Derived terms

• 各自為政／各自为政 (gèzìwéizhèng)
• 為政不在多言／为政不在多言
• 為政者／为政者 (wéizhèngzhě)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (為政):

• → Japanese: 為(い)政(せい) (isei)
• → Korean: 위정(爲政) (wijeong)