苛政

Chinese

		severe; exacting	political; politics; government
trad. (苛政)		苛	政
simp. #(苛政)		苛	政

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kēzhèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄜ ㄓㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ho¹ zing³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kho͘-chèng / kho-chèng
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ¹khu-tsen

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kēzhèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄜ ㄓㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kejhèng
    • Wade–Giles: kʻo¹-chêng⁴
    • Yale: kē-jèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kejenq
    • Palladius: кэчжэн (kɛčžɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɤ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ho¹ zing³
    • Yale: hō jing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ho¹ dzing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ho¹ jing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔː⁵⁵ t͡sɪŋ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kho͘-chèng
    • Tâi-lô: khoo-tsìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qozexng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ³³ t͡siɪŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kho-chèng
    • Tâi-lô: kho-tsìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoizexng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɤ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kʰo⁴⁴⁻²² t͡siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰo⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡siɪŋ¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ¹khu-tsen
    • MiniDict: khu^平 tsen
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹khu-tsen
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kʰu⁵⁵ t͡sən²¹/

Noun

苛政

1. (literary) tyrannical government; oppressive government; despotic rule; tyranny

Synonyms

• 暴政 (bàozhèng)
• 虐政 (nüèzhèng)

 

Derived terms

• 苛政猛於虎／苛政猛于虎 (kēzhèng měng yú hǔ)