權威

See also: 権威 and 权威

Chinese

authority; power; right power; might; prestige
trad. (權威) 權 威
simp. (权威) 权 威
anagram 威權／威权

Pronunciation

Noun

權威

  1. power and prestige; authority
    中央政府的權威受到削弱。 [MSC, trad.]
    中央政府的权威受到削弱。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zhōngyāng zhèngfǔ de quánwēi shòudào xuēruò. [Pinyin]
    The authority of the central government has been weakened.
  2. authority (thing or person of authority)
    李教授是這方面的權威。 [MSC, trad.]
    李教授是这方面的权威。 [MSC, simp.]
    Lǐ jiàoshòu shì zhè fāngmiàn de quánwēi. [Pinyin]
    Professor Lee is an authority in this field.

Synonyms

  • (power and prestige):
  • (authority): (colloquial) 大拿 (dàná)

Adjective

權威

  1. authoritative
    權威發佈／权威发布  ―  quánwēi fābù  ―  (Mainland China) authoritative releases/official announcements

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (權威):
  • → Japanese: 権(けん)威(い) (ken'i)
  • → Korean: 권위(權威) (gwonwi)
  • → Vietnamese: quyền uy (權威)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
權 威
けん
Hyōgai 		い
Grade: S
on'yomi


For pronunciation and definitions of 權威 – see the following entry.
【権威けんい】
[noun] authority
(This term, 權威, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
權威

Noun

權威 • (gwonwi) (hangeul 권위)

  1. hanja form? of 권위 (“power and prestige; authority”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
權威

Noun

權威

  1. chữ Hán form of quyền uy (“power and prestige; authority”)
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