獨裁

See also: 独裁

Chinese

		alone; independent; single alone; independent; single; sole; only	cut out (as a dress); cut; trim cut out (as a dress); cut; trim; reduce; diminish; decision; judgement
trad. (獨裁)		獨	裁
simp. (独裁)		独	裁

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dúcái

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˊ ㄘㄞˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): duk⁶ coi⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): thu̍k-chhài

(Hailu, HRS): tug^ˋ cai
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): dorh⁷ zai²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): to̍k-chhâi / to̍k-châi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dúcái
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˊ ㄘㄞˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dúcái
  - Wade–Giles: tu²-tsʻai²
  - Yale: dú-tsái
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dwutsair
  - Palladius: дуцай (ducaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: duk⁶ coi⁴
  - Yale: duhk chòih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: duk⁹ tsoi⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: dug⁶ coi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊk̚² t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thu̍k-chhài
  - Hakka Romanization System: tug cai^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tug⁶ cai²
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰuk̚⁵ t͡sʰai̯¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: tug^ˋ cai
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰuk² t͡sʰai⁵⁵/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: dorh⁷ zai² [Phonetic: dorh⁶ zai²]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: do̤̍h-cái
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɒʔ⁴⁻²¹ t͡sai¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: dorh⁷ zai² [Phonetic: dorh⁶ zai²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɒʔ⁴⁻² t͡sai²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to̍k-chhâi
  - Tâi-lô: to̍k-tshâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dogzhaai
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰai²³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰai²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔk̚²⁴⁻² t͡sʰai²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sʰai¹³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to̍k-châi
  - Tâi-lô: to̍k-tsâi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dogzaai
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sai¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sai²⁴/

Verb

獨裁

to rule as a dictator
to make decisions for others by oneself; to behave tyrannically

Noun

獨裁

dictatorship (government led by a dictator)
making decisions for a group by oneself; tyranny

Derived terms

獨裁政體 / 独裁政体 (dúcái zhèngtǐ)
獨裁者 / 独裁者 (dúcáizhě)

Related terms

專權／专权 (zhuānquán)
專制／专制 (zhuānzhì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
獨	裁
どく Hyōgai	さい Grade: 6
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 獨裁 – see the following entry.

【独裁どくさい】

[noun] autocracy, dictatorship (a government led by a dictator)

[noun] making decisions for a group by oneself, tyranny

[verb] to rule as a dictator

[verb] to make decisions for others by oneself, to behave tyrannically

(This term, 獨裁, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
獨	裁

Noun

獨裁 • (dokjae) (hangeul 독재)

hanja form^? of 독재 (“dictatorship”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
獨	裁

Adjective

獨裁

chữ Hán form of độc tài (“dictatorial”)