民主
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Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
| 民 | 主 |
Etymology[edit]
From Sinitic 民主. Repurposed in China in the mid-1860s, giving the word a new meaning, during the translation of the book Elements of International Law into Chinese.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
民主 (hiragana みんしゅ, romaji minshu)
Synonyms[edit]
- 民主主義 (minshu shugi) (more commonly used)
Compounds[edit]
- 民主党 (minshutō) (“democratic party”)
- 民主的 (minshuteki) (“democratic”)
References[edit]
- ^ 陳 (Bao), 生保（Chen Sheng) (1996-12-17), "中国語の中の日本語 (Chinese Borrowings from the Japanese Language), paper presented at the Japanese Language Research Forum held by the International Research Center for Japanese Studies" (in Japanese), International Research Center for Japanese Studies. URL accessed on 2012-06-15.
Mandarin[edit]
| simpl. and trad. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 民主 | |||
Pronunciation[edit]
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Audio (file)
Adjective[edit]
民主 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin mínzhǔ)
Noun[edit]
民主 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin mínzhǔ)
References[edit]
- 1997, Jerome P. Keuper, Chinese 1000: Idiomatic and Colloquial Expressions (中国话：习惯用法和口语的表达法) (in English/Mandarin), Florida: Krieger Publishing Company, ISBN 1-57524-006-8:
See also[edit]
Min Nan[edit]
| simpl. and trad. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 民主 | |||
Hanzi[edit]
民主 (traditional, POJ bîn-chú)
Categories:
- Japanese terms written with two Han script characters
- Japanese terms spelled with 民
- Japanese terms spelled with 主
- Japanese terms derived from Sinitic languages
- Japanese nouns
- Mandarin adjectives in simplified script
- Mandarin adjectives in traditional script
- Mandarin adjectives
- Chinese hanzi
- Mandarin nouns in simplified script
- Mandarin nouns in traditional script
- Mandarin nouns
- cmn:Politics in simplified script
- cmn:Politics in traditional script
- Min Nan nouns in traditional script
- Min Nan nouns
