善政

Chinese

		good	political; politics; government
trad. (善政)		善	政
simp. #(善政)		善	政

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shànzhèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄢˋ ㄓㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shànzhèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄢˋ ㄓㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shànjhèng
    • Wade–Giles: shan⁴-chêng⁴
    • Yale: shàn-jèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shannjenq
    • Palladius: шаньчжэн (šanʹčžɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂän⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: dzyenX tsyengH

Rime
Character	善	政
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	仙 (77)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	常演切	之盛切
Baxter	dzyenX	tsyengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑiᴇnX/	/t͡ɕiᴇŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiɛnX/	/t͡ɕiɛŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑjænX/	/t͡ɕiæŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑianX/	/ciajŋH/
Li Rong	/ʑiɛnX/	/t͡ɕiɛŋH/
Wang Li	/ʑĭɛnX/	/t͡ɕĭɛŋH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʑi̯ɛnX/	/t͡ɕi̯ɛŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shàn	zhèng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sin6	zing3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɡ]e[n]ʔ  teŋ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡjenʔ  tjeŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	善	政
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shàn	zhèng
Middle Chinese	‹ dzyenX ›	‹ tsyengH ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ]e[n]ʔ/	/*teŋ-s/
English	good	government
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	善	政
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	11084	17177
Phonetic component	善	正
Rime group	元	耕
Rime subdivision	2	0
Corresponding MC rime	善	政
Old Chinese	/*ɡjenʔ/	/*tjeŋs/

Noun

善政 (literary)

1. proper rules
2. clean politics; well-ordered government

   • 德惟善政，政在養民。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     德惟善政，政在养民。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Documents, circa 4^th – 3^rd century BCE

     Dé wéi shànzhèng, zhèng zài yǎngmín. [Pinyin]

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   • 今國無善政，災變不息。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     今国无善政，灾变不息。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of the Later Han, circa 5^th century CE

     Jīn guó wú shànzhèng, zāibiàn bùxī. [Pinyin]

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   • 仁讓貪戾，惟君所好，朝無善政，民焉取則？ [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: 《朝鮮王朝實錄》 (Joseon Veritable Records), 1564

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3. good political performance
4. good management