quán

power, right, authority

DEFINITIONS

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

WORDS

變 quán biàn to do whatever is expedient
變理論 quán biàn lǐ lùn contingency theory (theory of leadership)
貴 quán guì influential officials; bigwigs
輿 quán yú to sprout; (fig). to begin; beginning
遊 quán yóu Game of Thrones (TV series); abbr. for 權力的遊戲|权力的游戏[Quan2 li4 de5 You2 xi4]
重 quán zhòng weight (i.e. importance attached to sth)
鑰 quán yào keys of authority
限 quán xiàn scope of authority; extent of power; (access etc) privileges
歸屬 guī shǔ quán right of attribution
制 mǔ quán zhì matriarchy
mín quán Minquan county in Shangqiu 商丘[Shang1 qiu1], Henan; civil liberties
主義 mín quán zhǔ yì democracy; civil liberties; principle of democracy, the second of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 (at the time, meaning widespread popular involvement in affairs of state)
縣 mín quán xiàn Minquan county in Shangqiu 商丘[Shang1 qiu1], Henan
永久居留 yǒng jiǔ jū liú quán permanent residency
治外法 zhì wài fǎ quán diplomatic immunity; (history) extraterritoriality, the rights (under unequal treaties) of a foreigner to live in China outside Chinese jurisdiction
làn quán abuse of authority
濫用力 làn yòng quán lì abuse of power
濫用職 làn yòng zhí quán abuse of power
wú quán to have no right; to have no authority
煽動顛覆國家政 shān dòng diān fù guó jiā zhèng quán incitement to subvert state power (criminal charge used to gag free speech)
奪利 zhēng quán duó lì scramble for power and profit (idiom); power struggle
制 fù quán zhì patriarchy
bǎn quán copyright
所有 bǎn quán suǒ yǒu all rights reserved (copyright statement)
特別提款 tè bié tí kuǎn quán special drawing rights (SDR), international currency of the IMF