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政客

政客

Chinese

		political; politics; government	customer; visitor; guest
simp. and trad. (政客)		政	客

Noun

政客

(pejorative) politician; politician who places personal gain above public interests

Synonyms

從政者／从政者 (cóngzhèngzhě)
政治家 (zhèngzhìjiā)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
政	客
せい Grade: 5	かく Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

政客 ‎(hiragana せいかく, romaji seikaku)

politician

Synonyms

政治家 (せいじか) ‎(seijika)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): zhèngkè

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄥˋ ㄎㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zing³ haak³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳn-hak
Min Nan (POJ): chèng-kheh / chèng-kheeh

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhèngkè
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄎㄜˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqkeh
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zing³ haak³
  - Yale: jing haak
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzing³ haak⁸
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ hɑːk̚³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳn-hak
  - Hakka Romanization System: ziin hag`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zin⁴ hag⁵
  - IPA: /t͡sɨn⁵⁵ hak̚²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèng-kheh
  - Tâi-lô: tsìng-kheh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zeangqeq
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰeʔ⁵/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰeʔ³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰeʔ³²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ kʰeʔ³²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèng-kheeh
  - Tâi-lô: tsìng-kheeh
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ kʰɛʔ³²/