Chinese symbol for “authoritative”
权威
quán wēi
Traditional: 權威
authority; authoritative; power and prestige
The closest CC-CEDICT match for authoritative is 权威 (quán wēi), defined as: authority; authoritative; power and prestige.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “authoritative”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 权威.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 权利 (權利) | quán lì | right (i.e. an entitlement to sth); (classical) power and wealth |
| 权力 (權力) | quán lì | power; authority |
| 政权 (政權) | zhèng quán | regime; political power |
| 人权 (人權) | rén quán | human rights |
| 授权 (授權) | shòu quán | to authorize |
| 有权 (有權) | yǒu quán | to have the right to; to be entitled to |
| 威胁 (威脅) | wēi xié | to threaten; to menace |
| 示威 | shì wēi | to demonstrate (as a protest); a demonstration |
See also: Japanese symbol for “authoritative”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.