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权

quán

HSK 5 Character Traditional 權

What 权 means

1. authority
2. power
3. right
4. literaryto weigh
5. expedient
6. temporary

Other readings

权 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Quánsurname Quan

Example sentences

• 女权是人权。
  Women's rights are human rights.
• 我没有权力。
  I am devoid of power.
• 你无权那么做。
  Nǐ wúquán nàme zuò.
  You have no right to do that.
• 它是基本人权。
  Tā shì jīběn rénquán.
  It's a basic human right.
• 汤姆投票弃权。
  Tāngmǔ tóupiào qìquán.
  Tom abstained from voting.
• 他有很多职权。
  Tā yǒu hěn duō zhíquán.
  He has a lot of authority.

Words starting with 权

• 权利quán lìright (i.e. an entitlement to sth); (classical) power and wealth
• 权力quán lìpower; authority
• 权威quán wēiauthority; authoritative; power and prestige
• 权益quán yìrights; interests; rights and benefits
• 权衡quán héngto consider; to weigh (a matter); to balance (pros and cons)
• 权限quán xiànscope of authority; extent of power; (access etc) privileges
• 权势quán shìpower; influence
• 权威性quán wēi xìngauthority; authoritativeness
• 权贵quán guìinfluential officials; bigwigs
• 权当quán dāngto act as if; to treat sth as if it were
• 权时quán shí(literary) temporarily
• 权能quán néngpower
• 权利人quán lì rén(law) rightholder; party entitled to a legal right (e.g. to property, copyright etc)
• 权重quán zhòngweight (i.e. importance attached to sth)
• 权利法案quán lì fǎ ànbill of rights
• 权利要求quán lì yāo qiúclaim to rights (copyright, patent etc)
• 权位quán wèipower and position (politics)
• 权界quán jièextent of one's rights; limits of one's authority
• 权术quán shùart of politics; political tricks (often derog.); power play
• 权证quán zhèngwarrant (finance)
• 权且quán qiětemporarily; for the time being
• 权变quán biànto do whatever is expedient
• 权变理论quán biàn lǐ lùncontingency theory (theory of leadership)
• 权游Quán YóuGame of Thrones (TV series); abbr. for 权力的游戏

Words containing 权

• 政权zhèng quánregime; political power
• 主权zhǔ quánsovereignty
• 版权bǎn quáncopyright
• 授权shòu quánto authorize
• 人权rén quánhuman rights
• 有权yǒu quánto have the right to; to be entitled to; to have authority
• 产权chǎn quánproperty right
• 股权gǔ quánequity shares; stock right
• 维权wéi quánto defend (legal) rights
• 侵权qīn quánto infringe the rights of; to violate; infringement
• 特权tè quánprerogative; privilege; privileged
• 所有权suǒ yǒu quánownership; possession; property rights
• 无权wú quánto have no right; to have no authority
• 职权zhí quánauthority; power over others
• 使用权shǐ yòng quánusage rights
• 发言权fā yán quánthe right to speak; the right to express one's views
• 霸权bà quánhegemony; supremacy
• 强权qiáng quánpower; might
• 大权dà quánpower; authority
• 极权jí quántotalitarian
• 女权nǚ quánwomen's rights
• 掌权zhǎng quánto wield (political etc) power; be in power
• 全权quán quánfull powers; total authority; plenipotentiary powers
• 债权zhài quáncreditor's rights (law)

Characters that look like 权

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

• 极jíextremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost
• 杜dùbirchleaf pear (tree); to stop; to prevent
• 奴núslave
• 杠gàngcoffin-bearing pole (old); thick pole; bar; rod; thick line
• 杖zhànga staff; a rod; cane
• 扳bānto pull; to turn (sth) around; to turn around (a situation)

Sounds the same

Read quán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 全all; whole; entire
• 泉spring (small stream); mouth of a spring; coin (archaic)
• 拳fist; boxing
• 蜷to curl up (like a scroll); to huddle; Melania libertina
• 荃(fragrant plant)
• 诠to explain; to comment; to annotate
• 鬈to curl; curled
• 痊to recover (from illness)
• 醛aldehyde
• 铨to estimate; to select
• 颧(bound form) cheekbone
• 筌bamboo fish trap