"To rule" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 统治 | tǒng zhì | to rule (a country) / to govern / rule / regime |   |
| 宰 |  zǎi | to slaughter / to butcher / to kill (animals etc) / (coll.) to fleece / to rip off / to overcharge / (bound form) to govern / to rule / (bound form) (a title for certain government officials in ancient China) | |
| 主宰 | zhǔ zǎi | to dominate / to rule / to dictate / master | |
| 治 | zhì | to rule / to govern / to manage / to control / to harness (a river) / to treat (a disease) / to wipe out (a pest) / to punish / to research | |
| 听 | tìng | (literary pronunciation, still advocated in Taiwan) to rule / to sentence / to allow | |
| 王 | wàng | to rule / to reign over | |
| 宰制 | zǎi zhì | to rule / to dominate | |
| 柄国 | bǐng guó | to hold state power / to rule | |
| 柄政 | bǐng zhèng | to rule / to be in power | |
