苛政

苛政

Chinese

		severe; exacting	political; politics; government
simp. and trad. (苛政)		苛	政

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kēzhèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜ ㄓㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho¹ zing³
• Min Nan (POJ): kho͘-chèng / kho-chèng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kēzhèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜ ㄓㄥˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kejenq
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho¹ zing³
    • Yale: hō jing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho¹ dzing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho¹ jing³
    • IPA ^(key): /hɔː⁵⁵ t͡sɪŋ³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kho͘-chèng
    • Tâi-lô: khoo-tsìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qozexng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ³³ t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kho-chèng
    • Tâi-lô: kho-tsìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoizexng
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰo⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕiɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰo⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕiɪŋ²¹/

Noun

苛政

1. tyrannical or oppressive government; despotic rule/regulation; tyranny

Derived terms

苛政猛於虎／苛政猛于虎 (kēzhèng měng yú hǔ)