Chinese symbol for “autocracy”
专制
zhuān zhì
Traditional: 專制
autocracy; dictatorship
The closest CC-CEDICT match for autocracy is 专制 (zhuān zhì), defined as: autocracy; dictatorship.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “autocracy”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 专权 (專權) | zhuān quán | autocracy; dictatorship |
| 专制主义 (專制主義) | zhuān zhì zhǔ yì | absolutism; despotism |
| 君主政体 (君主政體) | jūn zhǔ zhèng tǐ | monarchy; autocracy |
| 专制君主制 (專制君主制) | zhuān zhì jūn zhǔ zhì | absolute monarchy; autocracy |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 专制.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 专业 (專業) | zhuān yè | specialty; specialized field |
| 专家 (專家) | zhuān jiā | expert; specialist |
| 专门 (專門) | zhuān mén | specialized; dedicated (to a particular field or purpose); specially; specifically (for a particular purpose) |
| 专题 (專題) | zhuān tí | specific topic (addressed by a book, lecture, TV program etc); article, report or program etc on a specific topic |
| 专用 (專用) | zhuān yòng | special; dedicated |
| 专辑 (專輯) | zhuān jí | album; record (music) |
| 控制 | kòng zhì | to control |
| 制度 | zhì dù | system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc); institution |
See also: Japanese symbol for “autocracy”.
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.