quán

power, right, authority

DEFINITIONS

權 quán
  • surname Quan
  • authority
  • power
  • right
  • (literary) to weigh
  • expedient
  • temporary

WORDS

fàng quán to delegate power; to decentralize
zhèng quán regime; political power
真空 zhèng quán zhēn kōng power vacuum; political vacuum
jiào quán religious rule
數字版管理 shù zì bǎn quán guǎn lǐ Digital Rights Management (DRM)
斟酌決定 zhēn zhuó jué dìng quán discretionary power
zú quán clan authority; clan power
普選 pǔ xuǎn quán universal suffrage
智慧產 zhì huì chǎn quán intellectual property
曾蔭 zēng yìn quán Sir Donald Tsang or Tsang Yam-Kuen (1944-)
yǒu quán to have the right to; to be entitled to; to have authority; powerful
勢者 yǒu quán shì zhě person in power; the one with authority; the guy in charge
威 yǒu quán wēi authoritative
有選舉 yǒu xuǎn jǔ quán constituent
qī quán option
杯酒釋兵 bēi jiǔ shì bīng quán to dismiss military hierarchy using wine cups; cf Song founding Emperor Song Taizu 宋太祖 holds a banquet in 961 and persuades his senior army commanders to go home to their provinces
bǐng quán to hold power
柳公 liǔ gōng quán Liu Gongquan (778-865), Tang calligrapher
qì quán to abstain from voting; to forfeit; to waive one's right to vote; to abdicate
jí quán totalitarian
主義 jí quán zhǔ yì totalitarianism
且 quán qiě temporarily; for the time being
位 quán wèi power and position (politics)
充 quán chōng to act temporarily as
利 quán lì right (i.e. an entitlement to sth); (classical) power and wealth