政客

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhèngkè

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

(Teochew, Peng'im): zêng³ kêh⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhèngkè
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄥˋ ㄎㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhèngkè
  - Wade–Giles: chêng⁴-kʻo⁴
  - Yale: jèng-kè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jenqkeh
  - Palladius: чжэнкэ (čžɛnkɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ kʰɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zing³ haak³
  - Yale: jing haak
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzing³ haak⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: jing³ hag³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ³³ haːk̚³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳn-hak
  - Hakka Romanization System: ziin hag^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zin⁴ hag⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨn⁵⁵ hak̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèng-kheh
  - Tâi-lô: tsìng-kheh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zeangqeq
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ kʰeʔ³²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ kʰeʔ³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ kʰeʔ³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰeʔ⁵/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chèng-kheeh
  - Tâi-lô: tsìng-kheeh
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ kʰɛʔ³²/
  - IPA (Penang): /t͡seŋ²¹⁻³³ kʰɛʔ³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zêng³ kêh⁴
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsèng kheh
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡seŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ kʰeʔ²/

Noun

政客

(derogatory) 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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [se̞ːka̠kɯ̟]

IPA^(key): [se̞ːkʲa̠kɯ̟]

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

Noun

政(せい)客(かく) • (seikaku) (alternative reading hiragana せいきゃく, rōmaji seikyaku)

politician

Synonyms

政治家(せいじか) (seijika)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
政	客

Noun

政客

chữ Hán form of chính khách (“politician”)