家族 jiā zú family / clan syn 停电 停電 tíng diàn to have a power failure / power cut 族人 zú rén clansman / clan members / relatives / ethnic minority 家门 家門 jiā mén house door / family clan syn 掌权 掌權 zhǎng quán to wield (political etc) power / be in power syn 部族 bù zú tribe / clan syn 断电 斷電 duàn diàn to experience a power outage / to have a power failure 族长 族長 zú zhǎng clan elder 氏族 shì zú clan 实权 實權 shí quán real power / genuine power 族类 族類 zú lèi clan / race 望族 wàng zú distinguished or prominent family / influential clan (old) syn 当政 當政 dāng zhèng to come to power / to hold power / in office syn 本家 běn jiā a member of the same clan / a distant relative with the same family name syn 宗族 zōng zú clan / clansman 争权夺利 爭權奪利 zhēng quán duó lì scramble for power and profit (idiom) / power struggle 辈分 輩分 bèi fèn seniority in the family or clan / position in the family hierarchy syn 大族 dà zú large and influential family / clan syn 一族 yī zú social group / subculture / family / clan / see also 族[zu2] 集群 jí qún clan / to clan together / to flock together 宗主 zōng zhǔ head of a clan / natural leader / person of prestige and authority in a domain / suzerain 宗室 zōng shì imperial clan / member of the imperial clan / clansman / ancestral shrine syn 神农氏 神農氏 shén nóng shì Shennong or Farmer God (c. 2000 BC), first of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] and creator of agriculture in China / followers or clan of Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] 亲族 親族 qīn zú relatives / members of the same family, clan, tribe etc syn 室 shì room / work unit / grave / scabbard / family or clan / one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy syn 族 zú race / nationality / ethnicity / clan / by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族) syn 堂 táng (main) hall / large room for a specific purpose / CL:間|间[jian1] / relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family / of the same clan / classifier for classes, lectures etc / classifier for sets of furniture syn 宗 zōng school / sect / purpose / model / ancestor / clan / to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work) / classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs syn 氏 shì clan name / maiden name syn 德川 dé chuān Tokugawa, the ruling clan of Japan from 1550-1850 电力网 電力網 diàn lì wǎng electric power grid / power grid 乘方 chéng fāng (math.) to exponentiate / to raise (a number) to a power / exponentiation / power syn 力量 lì lia4ng power / force / strength syn 力 lì power / force / strength / ability / strenuously syn 权利 權利 quán lì right (i.e. an entitlement to sth) / (classical) power and wealth syn 方 fāng square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter syn 权 權 quán authority / power / right / (literary) to weigh / expedient / temporary syn 权力 權力 quán lì power / authority syn 动力 動力 dòng lì motive power / (fig.) motivation / impetus 争霸 爭霸 zhēng bà to contend for hegemony / a power struggle syn 上台 shàng tái to rise to power (in politics) / to go on stage (in the theater) syn 魔力 mó lì magic / magic power 电力 電力 diàn lì electrical power / electricity 电源 電源 diàn yuán electric power source 电线 電線 diàn xiàn wire / power cord / CL:根[gen1] syn 体力 體力 tǐ lì physical strength / physical power syn 势力 勢力 shì li power / influence / a force (military, political etc) syn 权威 權威 quán wēi authority / authoritative / power and prestige syn 权限 權限 quán xiàn scope of authority / extent of power / (access etc) privileges syn 威力 wēi lì might / formidable power 开关 開關 kāi guān power switch / gas valve / to open the city (or frontier) gate / to open and close / to switch on and off syn 次数 次數 cì shù number of times / frequency / order number (in a series) / power (math.) / degree of a polynomial (math.) 人力 rén lì manpower / labor power syn 政权 政權 zhèng quán regime / political power syn 扩张 擴張 kuò zhāng expansion / dilation / to expand (e.g. one's power or influence) / to broaden syn 定律 dìng lǜ scientific law (e.g. law of conservation of energy) / (in human affairs) a generalization based on observation (e.g. "power corrupts") syn 机动 機動 jī dòng locomotive / motorized / power-driven / adaptable / flexible (use, treatment, timing etc) syn 权势 權勢 quán shì power / influence syn 如意 rú yì as one wants / according to one's wishes / ruyi scepter, a symbol of power and good fortune syn 职权 職權 zhí quán authority / power over others syn 大权 大權 dà quán power / authority syn 甜头 甜頭 tián tou sweet taste (of power, success etc) / benefit syn 崛起 jué qǐ to rise abruptly (to a towering position) / to tower over / to spring up / to emerge suddenly / the emergence (e.g. of a power) syn 核电站 核電站 hé diàn zhàn nuclear power plant 感染力 gǎn rǎn lì infectiousness (of a disease) / appeal / power / impact (of an image, marketing message, performance etc) 特异功能 特異功能 tè yì gōng néng supernatural power / extrasensory perception 电网 電網 diàn wǎng electricity grid / power grid / electrified wire netting 法力 fǎ lì magic power syn 神力 shén lì occult force / the power of a God or spirit 势头 勢頭 shì tóu power / momentum / tendency / impetus / situation / the look of things syn 发条 發條 fā tiáo clockwork spring (used to power a watch or windup toy etc) / (attributive) windup / clockwork syn 杀伤力 殺傷力 shā shāng lì destructive power / harmfulness 发电厂 發電廠 fā diàn chǎng power plant syn 威风 威風 wēi fēng awe-inspiring bearing / authority / power / imposing / impressive / majestic syn 握有 wò yǒu to have / to hold (usu. sth abstract: power, distribution rights, a bargaining chip etc) syn 执政 執政 zhí zhèng to hold power / in office syn 垮台 垮臺 kuǎ tái (of a dynasty, regime etc) to collapse / to fall from power syn 风力 風力 fēng lì wind force / wind power 观察力 觀察力 guān chá lì power of observation / perception syn 表现力 表現力 biǎo xiàn lì expressive power 功率 gōng lǜ rate of work / power (output) 江山 jiāng shān rivers and mountains / landscape / country / state power syn 功力 gōng lì merit / efficacy / competence / skill / power syn 夺权 奪權 duó quán to seize power syn 电站 電站 diàn zhàn a power station / an electricity generating plant syn 发电站 發電站 fā diàn zhàn power station syn 水电 水電 shuǐ diàn hydroelectric power / plumbing and electricity 吸力 xī lì (physics) attraction (gravitational, magnetic, electrostatic etc) / suction / (fig.) attraction (power to attract interest or liking) syn 执掌 執掌 zhí zhǎng to wield (power etc) syn 强权 強權 qiáng quán power / might 水能 shuǐ néng hydroelectric power 当权 當權 dāng quán to hold power syn 倒台 倒臺 dǎo tái to fall from power / to collapse / downfall syn 开足马力 開足馬力 kāi zú mǎ lì to accelerate at full power (idiom) / at full speed / fig. to work as hard as possible syn 王权 王權 wáng quán royalty / royal power syn 当权者 當權者 dāng quán zhě ruler / those in power / the authorities syn 大国 大國 dà guó a power (i.e. a dominant country) syn 电厂 電廠 diàn chǎng electric power plant 声势 聲勢 shēng shì fame and power / prestige / influence / impetus / momentum syn 