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
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): cheng-koân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēngquán
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄥ ㄑㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhengcyuán
    • Wade–Giles: chêng¹-chʻüan²
    • Yale: jēng-chywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jengchyuan
    • Palladius: чжэнцюань (čžɛncjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • 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^ˊ kien^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zang¹ kian²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡saŋ²⁴ kʰi̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: châng-khiàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: zang^ˊ kian^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zang¹ kian²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡saŋ²⁴ kʰi̯an¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: cheng-koân
    • Tâi-lô: tsing-kuân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zengkoaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ³³ kuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² kuan¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ kuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ 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》. 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