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Jyutping saan3
Pinyin cuàn

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to seize
  2. to usurp
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語素
    奪去​君主​嘅​權​位​,​取而代之
    to dethrone a ruling monarch illegally in order to establish a new ruling house
    • 篡位
      篡位
      saan3 wai6
      to usurp the throne
    • 篡弒
      篡弑
      saan3 si3
      to kill and dethrone a monarch
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. character, obsolete
    to hunt
  2. character
    to seize; to usurp
Definitions (Unihan)
  1. usurp
  2. Cangjie Input
    HBUI
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    随着无继承人的国王的发疯和王室家族的中毒,将军终于有机会篡夺王位。
    隨着無繼承人的國王的發瘋和王室家族的中毒,將軍終於有機會篡奪王位。
    suí zhe wú jì chéng rén de guó wáng de fā fēng hé wáng shì jiā zú de zhòng dú , jiāng jūn zhōng yú yǒu jī huì cuàn duó wáng wèi 。
    • With the heirless king going crazy and royal family poisoned, the general of the army finally had his chance to usurp the throne.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    篡位
    篡位
    saan3 wai6
    • to usurp the throne
  2. Cantonese
    篡弑
    篡弒
    saan3 si3
    • to kill and dethrone a monarch
  3. Cantonese
    谋朝篡位
    謀朝篡位
    mau4 ciu4 saan3 wai6
    • to usurp the throne
  4. Cantonese
    篡夺皇位
    篡奪皇位
    saan3 dyut6 wong4 wai6
    • to usurp the throne
  5. Cantonese
    篡改原文
    篡改原文
    • to modify the original text
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    篡改代码
    篡改代碼
    cuàn gǎi dài mǎ
    • to tamper with code
  2. Mandarin
    他招认,当时他的这一不经意的行动,是因为生怕如果金正恩同志的领军基础和体系一旦巩固起来,将给他篡夺党和国家的权力造成巨大障碍。
    他招認,當時他的這一不經意的行動,是因為生怕如果金正恩同志的領軍基礎和體系一旦鞏固起來,將給他篡奪黨和國家的權力造成巨大障礙。
    tā zhāo rèn , dāng shí tā de zhè yī bù jīng yì de xíng dòng , shì yīn wèi shēng pà rú guǒ jīn zhèn gēn tóng zhì de lǐng jūn jī chǔ hé tǐ xì yī dàn gǒng gù qǐ lái , jiāng gěi tā cuàn duó dǎng hé guó jiā de quán lì zào chéng jù dà zhàn gài .
    • Jang confessed that he behaved so at that time as a knee-jerk reaction as he thought that if Kim Jong Un's base and system for leading the army were consolidated, this would lay a stumbling block in his way of grabbing the power of the party and state.