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统治

tǒng zhì

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 統治

统治 (tǒng zhì) means "to rule (a country); to govern; rule". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 统治 means

1. to rule (a country)
2. to govern
3. rule
4. regime

The characters in 统治

• 统tǒngto gather; to unite; to unify
• 治zhìto rule; to govern; to manage

Example sentences

• 国王统治了这个国家。
  The king governed the country.
• 统治一个国家并不简单。
  Tǒngzhì yī gè guójiā bìng bù jiǎndān.
  To govern a country is no easy job.
• 统治一个国家不是一个简单活。
  To govern a country is no easy job.
• 统治一个国家不是一件简单的工作。
  Tǒngzhì yī gè guójiā bù shì yī jiàn jiǎndān de gōngzuò.
  To govern a country is not an easy job.
• 有些人说日本是个男性统治的社会。
  Yǒuxiērén shuō Rìběn shì gè nánxìng tǒngzhì de shèhuì.
  Some people say Japan is a male-dominated society.
• 这位领导人统治了他的国家五十年。
  Zhèwèi lǐngdǎorén tǒngzhì le tā de guójiā wǔshí nián.
  The leader governed his country for more than 50 years.

Words starting with 统治

• 统治者tǒng zhì zhěruler
• 统治力tǒng zhì lìdominance; supremacy
• 统治权tǒng zhì quánsovereignty; dominion; dominance

Words containing 统治

• 委任统治wěi rèn tǒng zhìmandate (territory administration)
• 至高统治权zhì gāo tǒng zhì quánsupreme power; sovereignty
• 神权统治shén quán tǒng zhìtheocracy

Sounds the same

Read tǒng zhì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 统制to control

Where 统治 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Unification, Communication & Order (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
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