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Chinese[edit]
the people; nationality; citizen | to own; to host; master to own; to host; master; lord; primary | ||
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simp. and trad. (民主) |
民 | 主 |
Etymology[edit]
In Classical Chinese, 民主 meant "sovereign", as in 民之主, or "ruler of the people". This was repurposed in the mid-1860s to mean "democracy", "democratic" during the translation of the book Elements of International Law.
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Noun[edit]
民主
- democracy
- 美國終於產生了歷史上第一位黑人總統巴拉克·奧巴馬,這對於美國的民主政治具有劃時代的意義。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 2008: 周琪 (Zhou Qi), 【美国大选观察】奥巴马为什么大胜? ([Observations on the American Elections] Why did Obama have a great victory?)
- Měiguó zhōngyú chǎnshēng le lìshǐ shàng dì yī wèi hēirén zǒngtǒng Bālākè Àobāmǎ, zhè duìyú měiguó de mínzhǔ zhèngzhì jùyǒu huàshídài de yìyì. [Pinyin]
- The historic election of the US’s first black president, Barack Obama, marked an epoch in the history of American democracy.
美国终于产生了历史上第一位黑人总统巴拉克·奥巴马,这对于美国的民主政治具有划时代的意义。 [MSC, simp.]
- (Classical Chinese) monarch
- (Classical Chinese) functionary; official
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民主
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Derived terms from 民主
Descendants[edit]
- → Zhuang: minzcuj
Proper noun[edit]
民主
Japanese[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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民 | 主 |
みん Grade: 4 |
しゅ Grade: 3 |
goon | kan’on |
Etymology[edit]
From Sinitic 民主 (mínzhǔ). Purposed 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]
- (Tokyo) みんしゅ [míꜜǹshù] (Atamadaka – [1])[2][3]
- (Tokyo) みんしゅ [mìńshú] (Heiban – [0])[2][3]
- IPA(key): [mʲĩɰ̃ɕɨᵝ]
Noun[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
- 民主主義 (minshu shugi) (more commonly used)
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References[edit]
- ^ Chen, Sheng Bao (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 (please provide the title of the work)[1] (in Japanese), International Research Center for Japanese Studies, archived from the original on 2012-09-10: “古代漢語のことばを利用して訳したものだが、本来の意味とは違うもの。...「民主」”
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
Korean[edit]
Hanja in this term | |
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民 | 主 |
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Vietnamese[edit]
Hán tự in this term | |
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民 | 主 |
Noun[edit]
民主
Adjective[edit]
民主
- chữ Hán form of dân chủ (“democratic”).
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