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
Min Nan (POJ): chióng-koân / chiáng-koân / chióng-khoân / chiáng-khoân

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhǎngquán
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄤˇ ㄑㄩㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jaangchyuan
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zoeng² kyun⁴
  - Yale: jéung kyùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzoeng² kyn⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: zêng² kün⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃœ̽ːŋ³⁵ kʰyːn²¹/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chóng-khièn
  - Hakka Romanization System: zong` kienˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zong³ kian²
  - IPA: /t͡soŋ³¹ kʰi̯en¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chóng-khiàn
  - Hakka Romanization System: zong` kianˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zong³ kian²
  - IPA: /t͡soŋ³¹ kʰi̯an¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chióng-koân
  - Tâi-lô: tsióng-kuân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciofngkoaan
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kuan²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡ɕiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuan²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kuan²³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiáng-koân
  - Tâi-lô: tsiáng-kuân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciafngkoaan
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuan¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiaŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kuan²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡ɕiaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kuan²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chióng-khoân
  - Tâi-lô: tsióng-khuân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciofngqoaan
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰuan²³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰuan²⁴/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiáng-khoân
  - Tâi-lô: tsiáng-khuân
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciafngqoaan
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kʰuan²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiaŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kʰuan²³/

Verb

掌權

to be in power; to wield power