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

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.

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