权
威

Authority in Chinese: 权威 (quán wēi)

quán wēi

authority

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 權威1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1authority
  2. 2authoritative
  3. 3power and prestige

Stroke order

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权
威

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ㄑㄩㄢˊ

quán

ㄑ/ qㄩ/ üㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

ㄨㄟ

wēi

ㄨ/ uㄟ/ ei—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

权威

Simplified

權威

Traditional

Example sentences

See 权威 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 他是这个领域的权威专家。

    tā shì zhè ge lǐng yù de quán wēi zhuān jiā。

    He is an authoritative expert in this field.

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Related words

权

quán

authority

权力

quán lì

power

权利

quán lì

right (i.e. an entitlement to sth)

威胁

wēi xié

to threaten

人权

rén quán

human rights

政权

zhèng quán

regime

侵权

qīn quán

to infringe the rights of

权衡

quán héng

to consider

权益

quán yì

rights

示威

shì wēi

to demonstrate (as a protest)

授权

shòu quán

to authorize

特权

tè quán

prerogative

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