| 政治家 | zhèng zhì jiā | statesman / politician / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] |  |
| 政客 | zhèng kè | politician | |
| 政治人物 | zhèng zhì rén wù | political figure / politician / statesman | |
| 陈水扁 | Chén Shuǐ biǎn | Chen Shui-Bian (1950-), Taiwanese DPP 民進黨|民进党 / politician, president of the Republic of China 2000-2008 | |
| 江泽民 | Jiāng Zé mín | Jiang Zemin (1926-), politician, president of PRC 1993-2003 | |
| 卡特 | Kǎ tè | Carter (name) / James Earl (Jimmy) Carter (1924-), US Democrat politician, president 1977-1981 | |
| 小泉 | Xiǎo quán | Koizumi (name) / KOIZUMI Jun'ichirō, Japanese LDP politician, prime minister 2001-2006 | |
| 连战 | Lián Zhàn | Lien Chan (1936-), Taiwanese politician, former vice-president and chairman of Guomintang | |
| 布朗 | Bù lǎng | Brown (name) / Gordon Brown (1951-), UK politician, prime minister 2007-2010 | |
| 克林顿 | Kè lín dùn | Clinton (name) / Bill Clinton (1946-), US Democratic politician, President 1993-2001 / Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-), US Democratic politician | |
| 马英九 | Mǎ Yīng jiǔ | Ma Ying-jeou (1950-), Taiwanese Kuomintang politician, Mayor of Taipei 1998-2006, president of Republic of China 2008-2016 | |
| 科尔 | Kē ěr | Kohl (name) / Helmut Kohl (1930-2017), German CDU politician, Chancellor 1982-1998 | |
| 管子 | Guǎn zǐ | Guanzi or Guan Zhong 管仲 / (-645 BC), famous politician of Qi 齊國|齐国 / of Spring and Autumn period / Guanzi, classical book containing writings of Guan Zhong and his school |  |
| 宋楚瑜 | Sòng Chǔ yú | James Soong (1942-), Taiwanese politician expelled from Guomindang in 2000 when he founded People First Party 親民黨|亲民党 | |
| 李登辉 | Lǐ Dēng huī | Lee Teng-hui (1923-2020), Taiwanese politician, president of ROC 1988-2000 | |
| 肯尼迪 | Kěn ní dí | Kennedy (name) / J.F. Kennedy (1917-1963), US Democrat politician, president 1961-1963 | |
| 曾国藩 | Zēng Guó fān | Zeng Guofan (1811-1872), Qing dynasty politician and military man | |
| 吴邦国 | Wú Bāng guó | Wu Bangguo (1941-), PRC electrical engineer and politician, politburo member 1992-2012 | |
| 米歇尔 | Mǐ xiē ěr | Michel or Mitchell (name) / George Mitchell (1933-), US Democratic party politician and diplomat, influential in brokering Northern Ireland peace deal in 1990s, US Middle East special envoy from 2009 | |
| 施瓦辛格 | Shī wǎ xīn gé | Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-), US actor and politician, governor of California 2003-2011 | |
| 薄熙来 | Bó Xī lái | Bo Xilai (1949-), PRC politician, appointed to the Politburo in 2007, sentenced in 2013 to life imprisonment for corruption and misconduct | |
| 李鸿章 | Lǐ Hóng zhāng | Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat | |
| 希拉里 | Xī lā lǐ | Hillary (name) / Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947-), US Democratic politician | |
| 彭德怀 | Péng Dé huái | Peng Dehuai (1898-1974), top communist general, subsequently politician and politburo member, disgraced after attacking Mao's failed policies in 1959, and died after extensive persecution during the Cultural Revolution | |
| 切尼 | Qiē ní | Cheney (name) / Richard B. "Dick" Cheney (1941-), US Republican politician, vice-president 2001-2008 | |
| 多尔 | Duō ěr | Dole (name) / Bob Dole (1923-2021), US Republican politician, Kansas senator 1969-1996 | |
| 吕不韦 | Lu:3 Bù wéi | Lü / Buwei (?291-235 BC), merchant and politician of the State of Qin 秦國|秦国[Qin2 guo2], subsequent Qin Dynasty 秦代[Qin2 dai4] Chancellor, allegedly the father of Ying Zheng 嬴政[Ying2 Zheng4], who subsequently became the first emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2] | |
| 王安石 | Wáng An1 shí | Wang Anshi (1021-1086), Song dynasty politician and writer, one of the Eight Giants 唐宋八大家 | |
| 陈毅 | Chén Yì | Chen Yi (1901-1972), communist general and politician, Marshal of PLA from 1955, Mayor of Shanghai in 1950s, PRC foreign minister 1958-1972 | |
| 董建华 | Dǒng Jiàn huá | Tung Chee-hwa (1937-), Hong Kong entrepreneur and politician, chief executive 1997-2005 | |
| 献殷勤 | xiàn yīn qín | to be particularly attentive to (an attractive young lady or man etc) / to fawn upon (an influential politician etc) / to court sb's favor / to ingratiate oneself | |
| 基辛格 | Jī xīn gé | Henry Kissinger (1923-), US academic and politician, Secretary of State 1973-1977 | |
| 内贾德 | Nèi jiǎ dé | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956-), Iranian fundamentalist politician, president of Iran 2005-2013 / abbr. for 艾哈邁迪內賈德|艾哈迈迪内贾德 | |
| 李长春 | Lǐ Cháng chūn | Li Changchun (1944-), PRC politician | |
| 蒋经国 | Jiǎng Jīng guó | Chiang Ching-kuo (1910-1988), son of Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石, Guomindang politician, president of ROC 1978-1988 | |
| 谢长廷 | Xiè Cháng tíng | Frank Chang-ting Hsieh (1946-), Taiwanese DPP politician, mayor of Kaohsiung 1998-2005 | |
| 张华 | Zhāng Huà | Zhang Hua (232-300), Western Jin writer, poet and politician / Zhang Hua (1958-1982), student held up as a martyr after he died saving an old peasant from a septic tank / other Zhang Hua's too numerous to mention | |
| 司马光 | Sī mǎ Guāng | Sima Guang (1019-1086), politician and historian of Northern Song, author of Comprehensive Mirror for aid in Government 資治通鑒|资治通鉴 | |
| 胡耀邦 | Hú Yào bāng | Hu Yaobang (1915-1989), Chinese politician | |
| 唐家璇 | Táng Jiā xuán | Tang Jiaxuan (1938-), politician and diplomat | |
| 黄兴 | Huáng Xīng | Huang Xing (1874-1916), revolutionary politician, close collaborator of Sun Yat-sen, prominent in the 1911 Xinhai Revolution 辛亥革命[Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4], murdered in Shanghai in 1916 | |
| 吹箫 | chuī xiāo | to play the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1] (mouth organ) / to beg while playing pipes / cf politician Wu Zixu 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1], c. 520 BC destitute refugee in Wu town, 吳市吹簫|吴市吹箫[Wu2 shi4 chui1 xiao1] / to busk / virtuoso piper wins a beauty, cf 玉人吹簫|玉人吹箫[yu4 ren2 chui1 xiao1] / (slang) fellatio / blowjob | |
| 默克尔 | Mò kè ěr | Angela Merkel (1954-), German CDU politician, chancellor from 2005 | |
| 汪精卫 | Wāng Jīng wèi | Wang Ching-wei (1883-1944), left-wing Guomingdang politician, subsequently Japanese collaborator | |
| 回良玉 | Huí Liáng yù | Hui Liangyu (1944-) PRC Hui national career politician from Guilin, background in economics, politburo member 2002-2012, deputy chair of State Council 2003-2013 | |
| 张德江 | zhāng dé jiāng | Zhang Dejiang (1946-), PRC politician | |
| 蔡元培 | Cài Yuán péi | Cai Yuanpei (1868-1940), educationist and politician, president of Peking University 1917-27 | |
| 李岚清 | Lǐ Lán qīng | Li Lanqing (1932-), PRC politician | |
| 戴高乐 | Dài Gāo lè | Charles De Gaulle (1890-1970), French general and politician, leader of the Free French during World War II and president of the Republic 1959-1969 | |
| 范蠡 | Fàn Lǐ | Fan Li (536-488 BC), politician of Yue state, businessman and economist | |
| 包拯 | Bāo Zhěng | Bao Zheng (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty / modern day metaphor for an honest politician | |
| 伍子胥 | Wǔ Zǐ xū | Wu Zixu (-484 BC), powerful politician in Wu / famous as destitute refugee begging in Wu town, cf 吳市吹簫|吴市吹箫[Wu2 shi4 chui1 xiao1] | |
| 苏贞昌 | Sū Zhēn chāng | Su Tseng-chang (1947-), Taiwanese DPP politician, premier of the Republic of China (2019-) | |
| 克勒 | Kè lè | Keller or Köhler (name) / Horst Köhler (1943-), German economist and CDU politician, head of the IMF 2000-2004, president of Germany 2004-2010 | |
| 王岐山 | wáng qí shān | Wang Qishan (1948-), PRC politician | |
| 金大中 | Jīn Dà zhōng | Kim Dae-jung (1926-2009), South Korea politician, president 1998-2003, Nobel peace prize laureate 2000 | |
| 撒切尔 | Sā qiē ěr | Thatcher (name) / Baroness Thatcher or Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013), British conservative politician, prime minister 1979-1990 | |
| 魏征 | Wèi Zhēng | Wei Zheng (580-643), Tang politician and historian, notorious as a critic, editor of History of the Sui Dynasty 隋書|隋书 | |
| 李瑞环 | Lǐ Ruì huán | Li Ruihuan (1934-), former Chinese politician | |
| 周永康 | Zhōu Yǒng kāng | Zhou Yongkang (1942-), PRC petroleum engineer and politician | |
| 何厚铧 | Hé Hòu huá | He Houhua (1955-), Macau financier and politician, Chief Executive 1999-2009 | |
| 曼德拉 | Màn dé lā | Nelson Mandela (1918-2013), South African ANC politician, president of South Africa 1994-1999 | |
| 张之洞 | Zhāng Zhī dòng | Zhang Zhidong (1837-1909), prominent politician in late Qing | |
| 刘云山 | Liú Yún shān | Liu Yunshan (1947-), PRC politician, background in journalism in Inner Mongolia, head of the Central Propaganda Department 2002-2012 | |
| 蒙代尔 | Méng dài ěr | Walter Mondale (1928-), US democratic politician, US vice-president 1977-1981 and ambassador to Japan 1993-1996 | |
| 谭嗣同 | Tán Sì tóng | Tan Sitong (1865-1898), Qing writer and politician, one of the Six Gentlemen Martyrs 戊戌六君子 / of the unsuccessful reform movement of 1898 | |
| 脱脱 | Tuō tuō | Toktoghan (1314-1355), Mongol politician during the Yuan dynasty, prime minister until 1345, compiled three dynastic histories of Song 宋史, Liao 遼史|辽史 / and Jin 金史 / also written Tuoketuo 托克托 | |
| 习近平 | Xí Jìn píng | Xi Jinping (1953-), PRC politician, General Secretary of the CCP from 2012, president of the PRC from 2013 | |
| 狄仁杰 | Dí Rén jié | Di Renjie (607-700), Tang dynasty politician, prime minister under Wu Zetian, subsequently hero of legends / master sleuth Judge Dee, aka Chinese Sherlock Holmes, in novel Three murder cases solved by Judge Dee 狄公案[Di2 gong1 an4] translated by Dutch sinologist R.H. van Gulik 高羅珮|高罗佩[Gao1 Luo2 pei4] | |
| 瞿秋白 | Qū Qiū bái | Qu Qiubai (1899-1935), politician, Soviet expert of the Chinese communists at time of Soviet influence, publisher and Russian translator, captured and executed by Guomindang at the time of the Long March | |
| 安倍晋三 | An1 bèi Jìn sān | Abe Shinzo (1954-2022), Japanese LDP politician, prime minister 2006-2007 and from 2012-2020 | |
| 李显龙 | Lǐ Xiǎn lóng | Lee Hsien Loong (1952-), Singapore PAP politician, eldest son of Lee Kuan Yew 李光耀[Li3 Guang1 yao4], prime minister from 2004 | |
| 段祺瑞 | Duàn Qí ruì | Duan Qirui (1864-1936), commander of Beiyang Army under Yuan Shikai, then politician and powerful warlord | |
| 傅作义 | Fù Zuò yì | Fu Zuoyi (1895-1974), Guomindang general, subsequently PRC top general and politician | |
| 徐匡迪 | Xú Kuāng dí | Xu Kuangdi (1937-), PRC politician and former mayor of Shanghai | |
| 季莫申科 | Jì mò shēn kē | Tymoshenko (name) / Yulia Tymoshenko (1960-), Ukrainian politician | |
| 李克强 | Lǐ Kè qiáng | Li Keqiang (1955-), PRC politician, prime minister from 2013 | |
| 俞正声 | yú zhèng shēng | Yu Zhengsheng (1945-), PRC politician | |
| 赵紫阳 | Zhào Zǐ yáng | Zhao Ziyang (1919-2005), PRC reforming politician, general secretary of Chinese Communist Party 1987-1989, held under house arrest from 1989 to his death, and non-person since then | |
| 张高丽 | Zhāng Gāo lì | Zhang Gaoli (1946-), PRC politician | |
| 薄一波 | Bó Yī bō | Bo Yibo (1908-2007), ranking PRC politician, served on State Council from 1950s to 1980s as colleague of Deng Xiaoping | |
| 惠施 | Huì Shī | Hui Shi, also known as Hui-zi 惠子[Hui4 zi5](c. 370-310 BC), politician and philosopher of the School of Logicians 名家[Ming2 jia1] during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC) | |
| 祖马 | Zǔ mǎ | Zuma (name) / Jacob Zuma (1942-), South African ANC politician, vice-president 1999-2005, president 2009-2018 | |
| 宋教仁 | Sòng Jiào rén | Song Jiaoren (1882-1913), politician of the revolutionary party involved in the 1911 Xinhai revolution, murdered in Shanghai in 1913 | |
| 宋濂 | Sòng Lián | Song Lian (1310-1381), Ming dynasty writer, historian and politician | |
| 朱熔基 | Zhū Róng jī | common erroneous form of 朱鎔基|朱镕基, Zhu Rongji (1928-), PRC politician, premier 1998-2003 | |
| 乔冠华 | Qiáo Guān huà | Qiao Guanhua (1913-1973), PRC politician and diplomat | |
| 乔冠华 | Qiáo Guàn huá | Qiao Guanhua (1913-1973), PRC politician and diplomat | |
| 容克 | Róng kè | Junker (German aristocracy) / Jean-Claude Juncker (1954-), Luxembourgish politician, prime minister of Luxembourg 1995-2013, president of the European Commission 2014-2019 | |
| 徐世昌 | Xú Shì chāng | Xu Shichang (1855-1939), politician associated with the Northern Warlords, president of China in 1921 | |
| 巴希尔 | Bā xī ěr | Bashir (name) / Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir (1944-), Sudanese military man and politician, president of Sudan 1993-2019 | |
| 虞世南 | Yú Shì nán | Yu Shinan (558-638), politician of Sui and early Tang periods, poet and calligrapher, one of Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang 唐初四大家[Tang2 chu1 Si4 Da4 jia1] | |
| 李富春 | Lǐ Fù chūn | Li Fuchun (1900-1975), communist politician | |
| 彭斯 | Péng sī | Mike Pence (1959-), US Republican politician, US vice president from 2017 | |
| 乔石 | qiáo shí | Qiao Shi (1924-2015), Chinese politician | |
| 朱容基 | Zhū Róng jī | common erroneous form of 朱鎔基|朱镕基, Zhu Rongji (1928-), PRC politician, premier 1998-2003 | |
| 谢里夫 | Xiè lǐ fū | Sharif (name) / Nawaz Sharif (1949-), Pakistani politician | |
| 陈香梅 | Chén Xiāng méi | Chen Xiangmei (1925-2018), a.k.a. Anna Chennault, born in Beijing, US Republican Party politician, wife of Claire Lee Chennault 陳納德|陈纳德[Chen2 na4 de2] | |
| 田中角荣 | Tián zhōng Jiǎo róng | Tanaka Kakuei (1918-1993), Japanese politician, prime minister 1972-1974 | |
| 苏莱曼 | Sū lái màn | Suleiman (name) / General Michel Suleiman (1948-), Lebanese military man and politician, president of Lebanon 2008-2014 | |
