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政

zhèng

HSK 5 Character

What 政 means

1. political
2. politics
3. government

Example sentences

• 我厌恶政治。
  I abhor politics.
• 我讨厌政治。
  I hate politics.
• 政治即生活。
  Politics are the life.
• 市政府在哪里?
  Shìzhèngfǔ zài nǎlǐ?
  Where is the city hall?
• 你关心政治吗？
  Are you concerned with politics?
• 谁是行政助理？
  Who is the Administrative Assistant?

Words starting with 政

• 政府zhèng fǔgovernment
• 政治zhèng zhìpolitics; political
• 政策zhèng cèpolicy
• 政权zhèng quánregime; political power
• 政治家zhèng zhì jiāstatesman; politician
• 政党zhèng dǎngpolitical party
• 政协Zhèng XiéCPPCC (Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference); abbr. of 中国人民政治协商会议
• 政客zhèng kèpolitician
• 政务zhèng wùgovernment affairs
• 政委zhèng wěipolitical commissar (within the army)
• 政法zhèng fǎpolitics and law
• 政变zhèng biàncoup d'état
• 政绩zhèng jì(political) achievements; track record
• 政治经济学zhèng zhì jīng jì xuépolitical economy
• 政治学zhèng zhì xuépolitics; political science
• 政治局zhèng zhì júpolitburo
• 政治犯zhèng zhì fànpolitical prisoner
• 政体zhèng tǐform of government; system of government
• 政界zhèng jièpolitical and government circles
• 政教zhèng jiàochurch and state; government and education; political education
• 政坛zhèng tánpolitical circles
• 政法委zhèng fǎ wěiPolitical and Legal Affairs Commission…
• 政要zhèng yàoimportant political leader; government dignitary
• 政事zhèng shìpolitics; government affairs

Words containing 政

• 行政xíng zhèngadministration; (attributive) administrative; executive
• 财政cái zhèngpublic finance; government finance
• 邮政yóu zhèngpostal service; postal
• 市政府shì zhèng fǔcity hall; city government
• 执政zhí zhèngto hold power; in office
• 市政shì zhèngmunicipal administration
• 人民政府rén mín zhèng fǔpeople's government
• 党政dǎng zhèngParty and government administration
• 邮政编码yóu zhèng biān mǎpostal code; zip code
• 中央政府zhōng yāng zhèng fǔcentral government
• 宪政xiàn zhèngconstitutional government
• 专政zhuān zhèngdictatorship
• 县政府xiàn zhèng fǔcounty administration; county regional government
• 行政部门xíng zhèng bù ménadministrative department; administration; executive (government branch)
• 国民政府Guó mín Zhèng fǔNationalist government (the government of the Republic of China 1925–1948)
• 财政部Cái zhèng bùMinistry of Finance
• 邮政局yóu zhèng júpost office
• 新政xīn zhèngnew policy; New Deal (Roosevelt's 1933 policy to deal with the Great Depression)
• 执政党zhí zhèng dǎngruling party; the party in power
• 内政nèi zhènginternal affairs (of a country)
• 暴政bào zhèngtyranny; despotic rule
• 非政府fēi zhèng fǔnon-governmental
• 民主政治mín zhǔ zhèng zhìdemocracy (as a system of government)
• 民政mín zhèngcivil administration

Characters built on 正

These share the phonetic component 正 (zhèng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 证zhèngto admonish; variant of 证
• 整zhěng(bound form) whole; complete; entire; (before a measure word) whole…
• 征zhēngjourney; trip; expedition
• 症zhèngdisease; illness
• 怔zhēng(bound form) startled; terrified; panic-stricken
• 钲zhēnggong used to halt troops

Characters that look like 政

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 致zhì(bound form) fine; delicate; exquisite
• 破pòbroken; damaged; worn out
• 故gùhappening; instance; reason
• 败bàito defeat; to damage; to lose (to an opponent)
• 玻bōsee 玻璃
• 敌dí(bound form) enemy; (bound form) to be a match for; to rival; (bound form) to resist…

Sounds the same

Read zhèng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 正straight; upright; proper
• 证to admonish; variant of 证
• 挣to struggle to get free; to strive to acquire; to make (money)
• 症disease; illness
• 郑used in 郑重
• 怔(dialect) to stare blankly; to be in a daze; Taiwan pr. lèng
• 铮(dialect; bound form) shiny; gleaming; Taiwan pr. zhēng
• 诤to admonish; to warn sb of their errors; to criticize frankly