從政

See also: 从政

Chinese

		from; obey; observe from; obey; observe; follow; second cousin; lax; yielding; unhurried	political; politics; government
trad. (從政)		從	政
simp. (从政)		从	政

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cóngzhèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄓㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cung⁴ zing³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhiùng-chṳn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiông-chèng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cóngzhèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄓㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cóngjhèng
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻung²-chêng⁴
    • Yale: tsúng-jèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsorngjenq
    • Palladius: цунчжэн (cunčžɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cung⁴ zing³
    • Yale: chùhng jing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsung⁴ dzing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: cung⁴ jing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ t͡sɪŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiùng-chṳn
    • Hakka Romanization System: qiungˇ ziin
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qiung² zin⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯uŋ¹¹ t͡sɨn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiông-chèng
    • Tâi-lô: tsiông-tsìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciongzexng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɔŋ¹³⁻²² t͡siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡siɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɔŋ²³⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ²¹/

Verb

從政

1. to work in politics
2. to become an official; to take an official post; to become a government employee

Synonyms

• (to work in politics):

• 上臺／上台 (shàngtái) (figurative)
• 參政／参政 (cānzhèng)
• 登臺／登台 (dēngtái) (figurative)

 

• (to become an official):

• 仕宦 (shìhuàn) (literary)
• 任官 (rènguān) (literary)
• 做官 (zuòguān)
• 入仕 (rùshì) (literary)
• 出仕 (chūshì) (literary)
• 居官 (jūguān) (literary)
• 當官／当官 (dāngguān)
• 臣仕 (chénshì) (Classical Chinese, of a minister)
• 蒞官／莅官 (lìguān) (literary)

 

Derived terms

• 從政者／从政者 (cóngzhèngzhě)