政 (zing3 | zheng4) : politics; political/administrative affairs

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政

zing3

zheng4

[1] politics; political affairs/power
[2] administrative affairs of a government department
[3] affairs of a family or an organization

Stroke count: 8

Level: 1

Radical: 攴 (#66)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

政

This word has been viewed 14260 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 27th Feb 2014 14:03

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市政 si5 zing3 shi4 zheng4 = municipal administration

郵政署 jau4 zing3 cyu5 you2 zheng4 shu3 = Post Office

政府機關 zing3 fu2 gei1 gwaan1 zheng4 fu3 ji1 guan1 = government organization

行政總裁 hang4 zing3 zung2 coi4 = CEO 粵

政治改革 zing3 zi6 goi2 gaak1 zheng4 zhi4 gai3 ge2 = political reform

政改 zing3 goi2 zheng4 gai3 = political reform

政府 zing3 fu2 zheng4 fu3 = government

政治 zing3 zi6 zheng4 zhi4 = politics

行政 hang4 zing3 xing2 zheng4 = administrative; administration

郵政 jau4 zing3 you2 zheng4 = postal
See all 171 compounds (CantoDict reports 195 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 2 examples containing 政

國家政府一直監察著你，最好自己小心啲粵
The government has been monitoring you all along - you had best be careful.

政府打算加派警察出街巡邏。粵
The government intends to increase the number of policemen on the beat.
[A typical Cantonese sentence uses more verbs than the English version.]

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 政
Unicode code for this character: U+653f (off-site link)

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