萬民

See also: 万民

Chinese

		ten thousand; a great number; surname	the people; nationality; citizen
trad. (萬民)		萬	民
simp. (万民)		万	民

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wànmín

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ ㄇㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ man⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): van-mìn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wànmín
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄇㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wànmín
    • Wade–Giles: wan⁴-min²
    • Yale: wàn-mín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannmin
    • Palladius: ваньминь (vanʹminʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹ min³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maan⁶ man⁴
    • Yale: maahn màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²² mɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: van-mìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: van minˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: van⁴ min²
    • Sinological IPA: /van⁵⁵ min¹¹/

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• Middle Chinese: mjonH mjin

Rime
Character	萬	民
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	元 (66)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	無販切	彌鄰切
Baxter	mjonH	mjin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mʉɐnH/	/miɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷiɐnH/	/min/
Shao Rongfen	/miuɐnH/	/mjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muanH/	/min/
Li Rong	/miuɐnH/	/miĕn/
Wang Li	/mĭwɐnH/	/mĭĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/mi̯wɐnH/	/mi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wàn	mín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	maan6	man4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.ma[n]-s  mi[ŋ]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mlans  min/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	萬	民
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wàn	mín
Middle Chinese	‹ mjonH ›	‹ mjin ›
Old Chinese	/*C.ma[n]-s/	/*mi[ŋ]/
English	10000	people
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	萬	民
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	12633	9130
Phonetic component	萬	民
Rime group	元	眞
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	万	民
Old Chinese	/*mlans/	/*min/

Noun

萬民

1. (archaic) all of the citizens; the citizenry

   • 斷木為杵，掘地為臼，臼杵之利，萬民以濟。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     断木为杵，掘地为臼，臼杵之利，万民以济。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: I Ching, 11^th – 8^th century BCE

     Duàn mù wèi chǔ, jué dì wèi jiù, jiùchǔ zhī lì, wànmín yǐ jì. [Pinyin]

     They cut wood and fashioned it into pestles; they dug in the ground and formed mortars. Thus the myriads of the people received the benefit arising from the use of the pestle and mortar.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
萬	民
ばん Jinmeiyō	みん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Noun

萬(ばん)民(みん) • (banmin) 

1. Alternative spelling of 万民