趙紫陽 zhào zǐ yáng

Zhao Ziyang, Chinese reform leader

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. Zhao Ziyang (1919-2005), PRC reforming politician, general secretary of Chinese Communist Party 1987-1989, held under house arrest from 1989 to his death, and non-person since then

Characters

Character Meaning
趙 zhào
surname Zhao
紫 zǐ HSK 5
purple; violet
陽 yáng
Yang, opposite: 阴yīn; sun; male principle (Taoism)