Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- cuàn
English
- usurp
- to seize
- to usurp
- to dethrone a ruling monarch illegally in order to establish a new ruling house
粵語
- 奪去君主嘅權位，取而代之
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 篡
- 篡改saan3 goi2
to tamper with
- 篡奪saan3 dyut6
to usurp
- 篡位saan3 wai6
to seize the throne
- 篡軍saan3 gwan1
to usurp the military
- 篡權saan3 kyun4
to usurp power
- 篡立saan3 laap6
to become an unlawful ruler
- 篡政saan3 zing3
to usurp political power
- 篡賊saan3 caak6
usurper
- 篡逆saan3 jik6
to rebel
- 篡竊saan3 sit3
to usurp
- 篡弒saan3 si3
to commit regicide
- 篡黨saan3 dong2
to usurp the leadership of the party
- 編篡pin1 saan3