HSK 6 · Society

权威 quánwēi “authority” in Chinese

Traditional 權威

What 权威 means

  1. authority
  2. authoritative
  3. power and prestige

How to say 权威

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale权quán2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale威wēi1st tone, high and level

权威 in a sentence

  1. 他是权威的经济学家。

    Tā shì quánwēi de jīngjìxuéjiā.

    He is a leading authority on economics.

    Sentence #417366 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 权威 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 权 (quán) with each of its parts in a different colour
权quánauthority
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part
  • 又again · yòu

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 雚 (guàn) hints at the sound. Compare it with quán.

The character 威 (wēi) with each of its parts in a different colour
威wēipower
  • 戌part of the character
  • 女woman · nǚ

How to write 权威

权 6 strokes · 威 9 strokes

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权威 (quánwēi) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 权威 (quánwēi). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 权威

Words with 权

权力quánlì · power权利quánlì · right (an entitlement)权衡quánhéng · to weigh up政权zhèngquán · political power主权zhǔquán · sovereignty

Words with 威

威胁wēixié · to threaten威风wēifēng · impressive示威shìwēi · to hold a demonstration威力wēilì · power威望wēiwàng · prestige威信wēixìn · prestige

More words: Society & Law

谴责qiǎnzé · to condemn侵犯qīnfàn · to infringe情报qíngbào · intelligence歧视qíshì · to discriminate against取缔qǔdì · to ban群众qúnzhòng · the masses驱逐qūzhú · to expel人道réndào · humane

FAQs

权威 (quánwēi) means “authority” or “authoritative”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it quánwēi: quán with a 2nd tone, then wēi with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 权威 is written 權威. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type quanwei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 权威 from the suggestions. Typing quanwei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
权威 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.