審查

See also: 審査 and 审查

Chinese

		to examine; to investigate; carefully to examine; to investigate; carefully; to try (in court)	to research; to check; to investigate to research; to check; to investigate; to examine; to refer to; to search
trad. (審查)		審	查
simp. (审查)		审	查

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shěnchá

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˇ ㄔㄚˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam² caa⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ́m-chhà
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): sím-cha / sím-chee

  (Teochew, Peng'im): sim² cê⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shěnchá
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˇ ㄔㄚˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shěnchá
    • Wade–Giles: shên³-chʻa²
    • Yale: shěn-chá
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheenchar
    • Palladius: шэньча (šɛnʹča)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰä³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam² caa⁴
    • Yale: sám chàh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam² tsaa⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem² ca⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm³⁵ t͡sʰaː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ́m-chhà
    • Hakka Romanization System: siim^ˋ ca^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: sim³ ca²
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨm³¹ t͡sʰa¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sím-cha
    • Tâi-lô: sím-tsa
    • Phofsit Daibuun: symzaf
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /sim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sa⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sim⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sa³³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sím-chee
    • Tâi-lô: sím-tsee
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɛ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: sim² cê⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sím tshê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sim⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰe⁵⁵/

Verb

審查

1. to examine; to investigate; to review

   全盤審查／全盘审查  ―  quánpán shěnchá  ―  to comprehensively review

2. to censor
   • 2022 December 22, John Liu, Paul Mozur, “防疫政策逆轉下，中國審查機器難以平息不滿和疑問 [Without a Covid Narrative, China’s Censors Are Not Sure What to Do]”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     這種轉向是如此令人猝不及防，以至於兩週過去了，中國強大的宣傳和審查體系仍未能跟上從該國管控異常嚴格的互聯網中流出的困惑與批評的洪流。 [MSC, trad.]
     这种转向是如此令人猝不及防，以至于两周过去了，中国强大的宣传和审查体系仍未能跟上从该国管控异常严格的互联网中流出的困惑与批评的洪流。 [MSC, simp.]

     Zhèzhǒng zhuǎnxiàng shì rúcǐ lìngrén cùbùjífáng, yǐ zhìyú liǎngzhōu guòqù le, Zhōngguó qiángdà de xuānchuán hé shěnchá tǐxì réng wèinéng gēnshàng cóng gāi guó guǎnkòng yìcháng yángé de hùliánwǎng zhōng liúchū de kùnhuò yǔ pīpíng de hóngliú. [Pinyin]

     So dizzying was the switch that even two weeks later, the state’s powerful propaganda and censorship system has yet to catch up to the flood of confusion and criticism seeping through the country’s typically tight internet controls.

Synonyms

• (to examine):

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• 審 / 审 (shěn)
• 審批 / 审批 (shěnpī, “to examine and approve”)
• 審核 / 审核 (shěnhé)
• 審計 / 审计 (shěnjì) (accounting, to audit)
• 對證 / 对证 (duìzhèng)
• 查對 / 查对 (cháduì)
• 查驗 / 查验 (cháyàn)
• 核可 (hékě, “to examine and approve”)
• 核定 (hédìng)
• 核對 / 核对 (héduì)
• 考查 (kǎochá)
• 考核 (kǎohé)
• 課 / 课 (kè) (literary)

• (to censor): (slang, often of the Communist Party of China, humorous) 和諧／和谐 (héxié)

Derived terms

• 司法審查 / 司法审查 (sīfǎ shěnchá)
• 復審 / 复审 (fùshěn)
• 自我審查 / 自我审查 (zìwǒ shěnchá)
• 預先審查 / 预先审查 (yùxiān shěnchá)