行政

行政

Chinese

		to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; okay; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behavior; conduct; a row; profession; professional	political; politics; government
simp. and trad. (行政)		行	政

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xíngzhèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hang⁴ zing³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hàng-chṳn
• Min Nan (POJ): hêng-chèng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: xíngzhèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄓㄥˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyngjenq
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hang⁴ zing³
    • Yale: hàhng jing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hang⁴ dzing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: heng⁴ jing³
    • IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ²¹ t͡sɪŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hàng-chṳn
    • Hakka Romanization System: hangˇ ziin
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hang² zin⁴
    • IPA: /haŋ¹¹ t͡sɨn⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hêng-chèng
    • Tâi-lô: hîng-tsìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hengzexng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ¹³⁻²² t͡ɕiɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕiɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪŋ²³⁻³³ t͡ɕiɪŋ²¹/

Noun

行政

1. administration
2. executive (branch of government)

Adjective

行政

1. (attributive) administrative

   行政單位 / 行政单位  ―  xíngzhèng dānwèi  ―  administrative unit

   行政問責制 / 行政问责制  ―  xíngzhèng wènzézhì  ―  administrative accountability

2. (attributive) executive

Verb

行政

1. to execute power; to administer (of a nation-state)

Derived terms

行政區／行政区 (xíngzhèngqū) 行政區劃／行政区划 (xíngzhèng qūhuà) 行政命令 (xíngzhèng mìnglìng)

行政法 (xíngzhèngfǎ) 行政長官／行政长官 (xíngzhèng zhǎngguān)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (行政):

• → Japanese: 行 (ぎょう)政 (せい) (gyōsei)
• → Korean: 행정 (行政, haengjeong)
• → Vietnamese: hành chính (行政)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
行	政
ぎょう Grade: 2	せい Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun

行政 (hiragana ぎょうせい, rōmaji gyōsei)

1. government, administration

   それは行 (ぎょう)政 (せい)の責任 (せきにん)だ。

   Sore wa gyōsei no sekinin da.

   That is the responsibility of the government.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
行	政

Noun

行政 • (haengjeong) (hangeul 행정)

1. Hanja form^? of 행정 (“administration”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
行	政

Adjective

行政

1. Hán tự form of hành chính (“administrative”).