专制
zhuānzhì
autocratic; despotic; to rule despotically
Characters in this word
制 zhì
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 过于专制的管理方式会压制员工提出异议的勇气。 Guòyú zhuānzhì de guǎnlǐ fāngshì huì yāzhì yuángōng tíchū yìyì de yǒngqì. An overly autocratic management style suppresses employees' courage to raise objections.
- 他的管理作风太专制，同事们都不敢说真话。 Tā de guǎnlǐ zuòfēng tài zhuānzhì, tóngshìmen dōu bù gǎn shuō zhēnhuà. His management style is too autocratic, so his colleagues dare not tell the truth.
- 父亲很专制，家里的事情都由他一个人决定。 Fùqīn hěn zhuānzhì, jiālǐ de shìqing dōu yóu tā yīgè rén juédìng. The father is very autocratic; everything at home is decided by him alone.
Related words
- 专家 zhuānjiā expert
- 专门 zhuānmén specially
- 专题 zhuāntí special topic
- 专业 zhuānyè major; professional
- 专心 zhuānxīn to focus
- 专辑 zhuānjí album
- 专利 zhuānlì patent
- 专科 zhuānkē specialized subject, specialty
- 专用 zhuānyòng dedicated, specialised
- 专注 zhuānzhù concentrated, focused
- 专长 zhuāncháng speciality; special skill; area of expertise
- 专程 zhuānchéng specially; for a special purpose