民主

Chinese

		the people; nationality; citizen	to own; to host; master to own; to host; master; lord; primary
simp. and trad. (民主)		民	主

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mínzhǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄓㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ zyu²
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): mìn-chú
• Min Nan (POJ): bîn-chú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: mínzhǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄓㄨˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: minjuu
    • IPA ^(key): /min³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁴ zyu²
    • Yale: màhn jyú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ dzy²
    • IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ t͡ɕyː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mìn-chú
    • IPA (Siyen, including Miaoli): /min¹¹ t͡su³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bîn-chú
    • Tâi-lô: bîn-tsú
    • IPA (Taipei): /bin²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bin¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³/

Adjective

民主

1. democratic

Noun

民主

1. democracy

   2008: Zhou Qi (周琪), 【美国大选观察】奥巴马为什么大胜？

   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.]

   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.]

   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.

See also

• 德谟克拉西

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
民	主
みん Grade: 4	しゅ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• IPA^(key): [miɴɕʲɯᵝ]

Noun

民主 (hiragana みんしゅ, romaji minshu)

1. democracy

Synonyms

• 民主主義 (minshu shugi) (more commonly used)

Compounds

• 民主党 (minshutō, “democratic party”)
• 民主的 (minshuteki, “democratic”)

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Korean

Hanja in this word
民	主

Noun

民主 (minju) (hangeul 민주)

1. Hanja form^? of 민주, “democracy”.