爭權

爭權

Chinese

		struggle; fight	authority; power; right
trad. (爭權)		爭	權
simp. (争权)		争	权

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēngquán

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄥ ㄑㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zang¹ kyun⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): châng-khièn / châng-khiàn
• Min Nan (POJ): cheng-koân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhēngquán
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥ ㄑㄩㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jengchyuan
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhengcyuán
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰɥɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zang¹ kyun⁴
    • Yale: jāng kyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzang¹ kyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zeng¹ kün⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐŋ⁵⁵ kʰyːn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: châng-khièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: zang´ kienˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zang¹ kian²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡saŋ²⁴ kʰi̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: châng-khiàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: zang´ kianˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zang¹ kian²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡saŋ²⁴ kʰi̯an¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-koân
    • Tâi-lô: tsing-kuân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zengkoaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ³³ kuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kuan¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kuan²³/

Verb

爭權

1. to fight for rights; to fight for power

   • 這種從全國整體利益出發的爭權，不是從本位利益出發的爭權，不能叫做地方主義，不能叫做鬧獨立性。 [MSC, trad.]
     这种从全国整体利益出发的争权，不是从本位利益出发的争权，不能叫做地方主义，不能叫做闹独立性。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1956, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論十大關係》 (On the Ten Major Relationships), 《毛澤東選集·第五卷》 (Selected Works of Mao Zedong: Volume V) (1977). English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Zhè zhǒng cóng quánguó zhěngtǐ lìyì chūfā de zhēngquán, bùshì cóng běnwèi lìyì chūfā de zhēngquán, bùnéng jiàozuò dìfāngzhǔyì, bùnéng jiàozuò nào dúlìxìng. [Pinyin]

     To fight for such rights in the interest of the whole nation and not of the locality cannot be called localism or an undue assertion of independence.

Derived terms

爭權奪利／争权夺利 (zhēngquánduólì)

爭權攘利／争权攘利