HSK 5 · Society

政治 zhèngzhì “politics” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 政治 means

  1. politics
  2. political

How to say 政治

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale政zhèng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale治zhì4th tone, falling

政治 in a sentence

  1. 你对政治感兴趣吗？

    Nǐ duì zhèngzhì gǎn xìngqù ma?

    Are you interested in politics?

    Sentence #375338 from Tatoeba

  2. 法国年轻人也谈政治吗？

    Fǎguó niánqīngrén yě tán zhèngzhì ma?

    Do young French people talk about politics too?

    Sentence #1134566 from Tatoeba

  3. 他对政治没有兴趣。

    Tā duì zhèngzhì méiyǒu xìngqù.

    He has no interest in politics.

    Sentence #909883 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 政治 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 政 (zhèng) with each of its parts in a different colour
政zhèngpolitical
  • 正straight · zhēngSound part
  • 攵tap form of 攴 · pūMeaning part

攵 hints at the meaning (tap); 正 (zhēng) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhèng.

The character 治 (zhì) with each of its parts in a different colour
治zhìto rule
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐ
  • 台platform · tāi

How to write 政治

政 9 strokes · 治 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 政治

Words with 政

政府zhèngfǔ · government财政cáizhèng · public finance行政xíngzhèng · administration政策zhèngcè · policy政权zhèngquán · political power

Words with 治

治疗zhìliáo · to treat (an illness)防治fángzhì · to prevent and treat (disease)统治tǒngzhì · to rule治安zhì'ān · public order治理zhìlǐ · to govern

More words: Society & Law

战争zhànzhēng · war证件zhèngjiàn · certificate证据zhèngjù · evidence政府zhèngfǔ · government志愿者zhìyuànzhě · volunteer执照zhízhào · licence制度zhìdù · system (of rules)秩序zhìxù · order (orderly state)

FAQs

政治 (zhèngzhì) means “politics” or “political”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it zhèngzhì: zhèng with a 4th tone, then zhì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 政治 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhengzhi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 政治 from the suggestions. Typing zhengzhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
政治 is an HSK 5 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.