政要

zhèngyào
noun #34,898

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 important political figure
  2. 2 government dignitary
  3. 3 high-ranking politician

Examples

Gè guó zhèngyào chūxí le běn cì fēnghuì.
Political dignitaries from various countries attended this summit.
Méitǐ zhēng xiāng cǎifǎng zhè wèi zhèngyào.
The media scrambled to interview this political heavyweight.

Tips

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政要 is news/journalistic register, almost always seen in headlines about foreign or domestic VIPs ('各国政要', 'high-ranking dignitaries'). It's a noun (the people themselves), not the more abstract 政治家 'statesman' or 政客 'politician' (slightly negative).

Stroke Order

zhèng
yào