政治权利 (zhèng zhì quán lì) — political rights

Definition

noun
political rights

Examples

  • 政治权利。
    Měi gè gōng mín dōu xiǎng yǒu píng děng de zhèng zhì quán lì.
    Every citizen enjoys equal political rights.
  • 政治权利。
    Xiàn fǎ míng què bǎo zhàng le gōng mín de zhèng zhì quán lì.
    The constitution clearly guarantees citizens' political rights.
  • ，政治权利。
    Tā jī jí cān yù zhèng zhì, xíng shǐ zì jǐ de zhèng zhì quán lì.
    He actively participates in politics and exercises his political rights.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

政治politics
政zhènggovernment治zhìgovern
联合Side by side
权利rights
权quánright利lìinterest
联合Side by side

政治 means politics and 权利 means rights, naming rights in political life.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
攴攴pūaction
Sound part声符shēngfú
正
正zhèng政zhèng
Same sound today

政 combines 正, which gives the sound, with 攴, an action-related part.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
水水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
台
台tái治zhì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

治 has 水 (water) and 台; 台 gives the sound, and the character named a river.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 權; 权 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
木木mùtree
Sound part声符shēngfú
雚
雚guàn權quán
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 權 shows 木, a tree, with 雚 giving the sound; it named a kind of tree and was used for a standard weight. The simplified 权 is a later shorthand, not the historical shape.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

利 combines 禾 (grain) and 刀 (knife), showing a knife used to cut grain.

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