权 (權) quán

  1. quán noun authority; power
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'quán' n 2; CED '权' 3; Kroll 2015 '權' 2)
  2. quán noun authority; power
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'quán' n 2; CED '权' 3; Kroll 2015 '權' 2)
  3. quán noun a sliding weight
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As used in a steelyard (ABC 'quán' n 1; CED '权' 1; Kroll 2015 '權' 1; GHC '权' 1)
  4. quán proper noun Quan
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (ABC 'quán' n 3; CED '权' 8)
  5. quán verb to assess; to weigh
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 权衡 (ABC 'quán' bf; CED '权' 2; Kroll 2015 '權' 1a)
  6. quán noun a right
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CED '权' 4)
  7. quán noun an advantage
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CED '权' 5; Kroll 2015 '權' 2a)
  8. quán adverb tentatively; temporarily
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CED '权' 7)
  9. quán adjective adaptive; flexible
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (CED '权' 6; Kroll 2015 '權' 3)
  10. quán noun a kind of tree
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (GHC '权' 2)
  11. quán adjective expedient; means; upāya
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: upāya, Japanese: ken, or: gon; for example, 善權 'expedient means'; see also 方便 (BCSD '權', p. 671; Edgerton 1953, p. 146; Kroll 2015 '權' 3a; FGDB '方便'; MW 'upāya'; SH '權', p. 487; Unihan '權')

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