政要

zhèngyào

noun #34,898

Measure Word

一位政要 wèi

Meanings

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

Characters

government; politics

important; key (here as "key person")

Examples

HSK 6

各国政要出席了本次峰会。

Gè guó zhèngyào chūxí le běn cì fēnghuì.

Political dignitaries from various countries attended this summit.

HSK 7-9

媒体争相采访这位政要。

Méitǐ zhēngxiāng cǎifǎng zhè wèi zhèngyào.

The media scrambled to interview this political heavyweight.

Tips

register

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

Stroke Order

政 zhèng

要 yào