共和

Chinese

		all together; in while; to share all together; in while; to share; common; general; together; total	mix together; peace; harmony mix together; peace; harmony; and; with; union; cap (a poem); respond in singing; soft; warm
simp. and trad. (共和)		共	和

Etymology

“Republic”: Wasei kango (和製漢語), borrowed from Japanese 共 (きょう)和 (わ) (kyōwa, “republicanism”), semantically readapted from Chinese 共和 (“joint governance”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): gònghé

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄏㄜˊ

  (Chengdu, SP): gong⁴ ho²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gung⁶ wo⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khiung-fò
• Min Dong (BUC): gê̤ṳng-huò
• Min Nan (POJ): kiōng-hô͘ / kiōng-hô
• Wu (Wiktionary): gon hhu (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: gònghé
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄏㄜˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gonqher
    • IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ⁵¹ xɤ³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: gong⁴ ho²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gungxo
    • IPA ^(key): /koŋ²¹³ xo²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gung⁶ wo⁴
    • Yale: guhng wòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gung⁶ wo⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gung⁶ wo⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /kʊŋ²² wɔː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khiung-fò
    • Hakka Romanization System: kiung foˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kiung⁴ fo²
    • IPA: /kʰi̯uŋ⁵⁵ fo¹¹/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gê̤ṳng-huò
    • IPA ^(key): /kyŋ²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(h-)ŋuo⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiōng-hô͘
    • Tâi-lô: kiōng-hôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kioxnghoo
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɔŋ⁴¹⁻²² hɔ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiōng-hô
    • Tâi-lô: kiōng-hô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kioxnghooi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ ho¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɔŋ²²⁻²¹ ho²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɔŋ³³⁻²¹ hɤ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ ho²⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: gon hhu (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /g̊ʊŋ²² ɦv̩ʷ⁴⁴/

Noun

共和

1. republicanism; republic

Derived terms

• 五族共和
• 共和制 (gònghézhì)

• 共和國／共和国 (gònghéguó)
• 共和黨／共和党 (Gònghédǎng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (共和):

• Japanese: 共 (きょう)和 (わ) (kyōwa)
• Korean: 공화 (共和, gonghwa)
• Vietnamese: cộng hòa (共和)

See also

• 君主制 (jūnzhǔzhì)

Proper noun

共和

1. (historical) Gonghe Regency (interregnum period in Chinese history from 841 to 828 BCE)
2. (～縣) Gonghe County (county in Qinghai province, China)

Derived terms

• 周召共和

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Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
共	和
きょう Grade: 4	わ Grade: 3
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 共和 (gjowngH hwa)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) きょーわ [kyòówá] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [kʲo̞ːɰᵝa̠]

Noun

共和 (hiragana きょうわ, rōmaji kyōwa)

1. collaboration; cooperation; working together in harmony
2. republicanism

Derived terms

• 共和国

Descendants

• Chinese: 共和
• Korean: 공화 (gonghwa)
• Vietnamese: cộng hòa

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Korean

Hanja in this term
共	和

Hanja

共和 • (gonghwa) (hangeul 공화)

1. Hanja form^? of 공화, “universal harmony, republicanism”.

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
共	和

Noun

共和

1. Hán tự form of cộng hòa, “republic”