民法

Chinese

		the people; nationality; citizen	law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (民法)		民	法

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mínfǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄈㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ faat³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mìn-fap
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bîn-hoat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mínfǎ
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄈㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mínfǎ
    • Wade–Giles: min²-fa³
    • Yale: mín-fǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: minfaa
    • Palladius: миньфа (minʹfa)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /min³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: man⁴ faat³
    • Yale: màhn faat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ faat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ fad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ faːt̚³/
    • Homophones:

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mìn-fap
    • Hakka Romanization System: minˇ fab`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: min² fab⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /min¹¹ fap̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bîn-hoat
    • Tâi-lô: bîn-huat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: binhoad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bin²⁴⁻²² huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bin²⁴⁻²² huat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bin¹³⁻²² huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bin²⁴⁻¹¹ huat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bin²³⁻³³ huat̚³²/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 民法

1. (law) civil law

Synonyms

• 民事 (mínshì)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
民	法
みん Grade: 4	ほう > ぽう Grade: 4
on’yomi

Etymology

Translated as a calque of "civil law" by Tsuda Mamichi.

Noun

民(みん)法(ぽう) • (minpō) 

1. civil law

Derived terms

• 民法典(みんぽうてん) (minpōten, “the civil code”)