威權

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See also: 威权 and 威権

Chinese

		power; might; prestige	authority; power; right
trad. (威權)		威	權
simp. (威权)		威	权
anagram		權威／权威

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wēiquán

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟㄑㄩㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai¹ kyun⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vî-khièn / vî-khiàn
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ui-koân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wēiquán
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟㄑㄩㄢˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: weicyuán
  - Wade–Giles: wei¹-chʻüan²
  - Yale: wēi-chywán
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ueichyuan
  - Palladius: вэйцюань (vɛjcjuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai¹ kyun⁴
  - Yale: wāi kyùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai¹ kyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei¹ kün⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯⁵⁵ kʰyːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vî-khièn
  - Hakka Romanization System: vi^ˊ kien^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vi¹ kian²
  - Sinological IPA: /vi²⁴ kʰi̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vî-khiàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: vi^ˊ kian^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vi¹ kian²
  - Sinological IPA: /vi²⁴ kʰi̯an¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ui-koân
  - Tâi-lô: ui-kuân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ui'koaan
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ui⁴⁴⁻²² kuan²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ui³³ kuan²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui⁴⁴⁻²² kuan¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ui⁴⁴⁻³³ kuan²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui⁴⁴⁻³³ kuan²³/

Noun

威權

power; influence; authority

Synonyms

力量 (lìliàng)
勢力 / 势力 (shìlì)
勢要 / 势要 (shìyào) (literary or Sichuanese)
勢頭 / 势头 (shìtóu)
威力 (wēilì)
威勢 / 威势 (wēishì)
實力 / 实力 (shílì)
強力 / 强力 (qiánglì)
權勢 / 权势 (quánshì)
權焰 / 权焰 (quányàn) (literary)
聲勢 / 声势 (shēngshì)

Derived terms

威權主義 / 威权主义 (wēiquán zhǔyì, “authoritarianism”)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (威權):

→ Japanese: 威(い)権(けん) (iken)
→ Korean: 위권(威權) (wigwon)
→ Vietnamese: uy quyền (威權)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
威	權
い Grade: S	けん Hyōgai
on'yomi	kan'on

For pronunciation and definitions of 威權 – see the following entry.

【威権いけん】

(This term, 威權, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
威	權

Noun

威權 • (wigwon) (hangeul 위권)

hanja form^? of 위권

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