Chinese symbol for “expedient”
权宜
quán yí
Traditional: 權宜
expedient
The closest CC-CEDICT match for expedient is 权宜 (quán yí), defined as: expedient.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “expedient”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 权 (權) | quán | authority; power |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 权宜.
| 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 |
| 便宜 | biàn yí | convenient |
| 适宜 (適宜) | shì yí | suitable; appropriate |
See also: Japanese symbol for “expedient”.
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.