Calque of Mandarin 中華人民共和國 / 中华人民共和国 ( Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó )
IPA (key ) : /ˈpiːpəlz ɹɪˈpʌblɪk əv ˈt͡ʃaɪnə/
The People's Republic of China
Rhymes: -aɪnə
the People 's Republic of China
The official name of China , sometimes contrasted to the Republic of China (Taiwan ).
Synonyms: Communist China , People's Republic , ( dated ) Red China
Meronym: mainland China
1968 , “Shanghai (Shang-hai)”, in Encyclopedia Britannica [1] , volume 20 , →LCCN , →OCLC , page 346 , column 1:While the People's Republic of China claimed in the late 1950s that Shanghai had regained its importance as a leading seaport, this was not borne out by observations of foreign travelers nor by official shipping statistics.
1980 , Spiro Agnew , Go Quietly . . . Or Else [2] , New York : William Morrow and Company , →ISBN , page 34 :I disagreed completely—and still do—with President Nixon's initiative to "normalize" relations with the People's Republic of China . The American people [ …] have been forced to go along with the Carter administration's decision to repudiate our mutual defense treaty with the free Chinese regime on Taiwan [ …]
1991 , Carol Stepanchuk, Charles Wong, “Festivals of Earth, Water, Wind, and Fire”, in Mooncakes and Hungry Ghosts: Festivals of China [3] , San Francisco : China Books & Periodicals , →ISBN , →LCCN , →OCLC , page 108 :Politically, China proper [ …] and frontier areas of China were brought together under the Qing dynasty, mostly during the 18th century. Incursions by earlier dynasties into Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia and southern Manchuria did occur, but were later reversed. It is this latest process of expansion that accounts for the enormous size of the People's Republic of China today.
2005 , Peter Kien-hong Yu, Hu Jintao and the Ascendancy of China: A Dialectical Study , →ISBN , page xi:Before the death of Deng Xiaoping, many observers were debating whether the People’s Republic of China (PRC) would collapse, just like the former Soviet Union. It did not come to pass.
For more quotations using this term, see Citations:People's Republic of China .
official name of China
Afrikaans: Volksrepubliek China , Volksrepubliek Sjina
Albanian: Republika Popullore e Kinës f
Arabic: جُمْهُورِيَّةُ الصِّينِ الشَّعْبِيَّةُ f ( jumhūriyyatu ṣ-ṣīni š-šaʕbiyyatu )
Armenian: Չինաստանի Ժողովրդական Հանրապետություն ( Čʻinastani Žoġovrdakan Hanrapetutʻyun ) , ՉԺՀ (hy) ( ČʻŽH )
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܘܼܛܢܵܝܘܼܬܵܐ ܥܲܡܡܵܝܬܵܐ ܕܟ̰ܝܼܢܵܐ ( quṭnayuta āmmayta d'čīna )
Azerbaijani: Çin Xalq Respublikası
Bashkir: Ҡытай Халыҡ Республикаһы ( Qıtay Xalıq Respublikahı )
Basque: Txinako Herri Errepublika
Belarusian: Кіта́йская Наро́дная Рэспу́бліка f ( Kitájskaja Naródnaja Respúblika )
Bengali: গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী চীন ( gonoprojatontri cin )
Bulgarian: Кита́йска наро́дна репу́блика f ( Kitájska naródna repúblika )
Burmese: တရုတ်ပြည်သူ့သမ္မတနိုင်ငံ ( ta.rutpranysu.samma.ta.nuingngam )
Buryat: Хитадай Арадай Республика ( Xitadaj Aradaj Rjespublika )
Cherokee: ᏴᏫ ᎤᎾᏤᎵᏍᎦᏚᎩ ᎾᎿ ᏓᎶᏂᎨᏍᏛ ( yvwi unatselisgadugi nahna dalonigesdv )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 中華人民共和國 / 中华人民共和国 ( zung1 waa4 jan4 man4 gung6 wo4 gwok3 )
Dungan: Җунхуа Жынмин Гунхәгуә ( Žunhua Řɨnmin Gunhəguə ) , Җунхуа Жынмин Гунхәгуй ( Žunhua Řɨnmin Gunhəguy )
Eastern Min: 中華人民共和國 / 中华人民共和国 ( Dṳ̆ng-huà Ìng-mìng Gê̤ṳng-huò-guók )
Gan: 中華人民共和國 / 中华人民共和国 ( zung1 fa4 liin4 min4 kung5 fo4 guet6 )
Hakka: 中華人民共和國 / 中华人民共和国 ( Chûng-fà Ngìn-mìn Khiung-fò-koet )
Hokkien: 中華人民共和國 / 中华人民共和国 (zh-min-nan) ( Tiong-hôa Jîn-bîn Kiōng-hô-kok, Tiong-hôa Lîn-bîn Kiōng-hô-kok )
Jin: 中華人民共和國 / 中华人民共和国 ( zung1 hua1 zeng1 ming1 gung3 hue1 gueh6 )
Mandarin: 中華人民共和國 / 中华人民共和国 (zh) ( Zhōnghuá rénmín gònghéguó )
Northern Min: 中華人民共和國 / 中华人民共和国 ( Dô̤ng-uǎ Nêng-měng Gō̤ng-uǎ-gŏ )
Wu: 中華人民共和國 / 中华人民共和国 ( 1 tson-gho 6 zen-min 6 gon-wu-koq)
Xiang: 中華人民共和國 / 中华人民共和国 ( zhong1 fa2 ren2 min2 gong5 ho2 gue6 )
Chuvash: Китай Халӑх Республики ( Kit̬aj H̬alăh Respublik̬i )
Crimean Tatar: Çin Halq Cumhuriyeti
Czech: Čínská lidová republika (cs) f
Danish: Folkerepublikken Kina
Dutch: Volksrepubliek China n
Esperanto: Ĉina Popola Respubliko
Estonian: Hiina Rahvavabariik (et)
Faroese: Fólkalýðveldið Kina
Finnish: Kiinan kansantasavalta (fi)
French: République populaire de Chine (fr) f
Galician: República Popular da China (gl) f
Georgian: ჩინეთის სახალხო რესპუბლიკა ( činetis saxalxo resṗubliḳa )
German: Volksrepublik China (de) f
Greek: Λαϊκή Δημοκρατία της Κίνας (el) f ( Laïkí Dimokratía tis Kínas )
Hebrew: הרפובליקה העממית של סין f ( harepúblika ha'amamít shel sin )
Hindi: जनवादी गणराज्य चीन ( janvādī gaṇrājya cīn ) , चीनी जनवादी गणराज्य (hi) ( cīnī janvādī gaṇrājya )
Hungarian: Kínai Népköztársaság (hu)
Icelandic: Alþýðulýðveldið Kína
Ido: Populala Republiko di Chinia
Indonesian: Republik Rakyat Tiongkok (id)
Interlingua: Republica Popular de China
Irish: Daon-Phoblacht na Síne f
Italian: Repubblica Popolare Cinese f
Japanese: 中華人民共和国 (ja) ( ちゅうかじんみんきょうわこく, Chūka Jinmin Kyōwakoku )
Kabardian: Хъутей Джылэ Республикэ ( Χʷutej Džəlɛ Respublikɛ )
Karachay-Balkar: Къытай Халкъ Республика ( Qıtay Xalq Respublika )
Kashubian: Chińskô Lëdowô Repùblika f
Kazakh: Қытай Халық Республикасы (kk) ( Qytai Xalyq Respublikasy )
Khakas: Хыдат Чон Республиказы ( Xıdat Çon Respublikazı )
Khmer: សាធារណរដ្ឋ ប្រជា មានិត ចិន ( saathiərĕəʼnaʼrŏət prɑciə miənɨt cən )
Korean: 중화인민공화국(中華人民共和國) (ko) ( Junghwainmin'gonghwaguk )
Kyrgyz: Кытай Эл Республикасы ( Kıtay El Respublikası )
Ladino:
Hebrew script: רפובליקא פופולאר דא קינא
Roman: Repuvlika Popular de Kina
Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດປະຊາຊົນຈີນ ( sā thā la na lat pa sā son chīn )
Latin: Res publica popularis Sinarum f
Latvian: Ķīnas Tautas Republika f
Lithuanian: Kinijos Liaudies Respublika (lt) f
Macedonian: На́родна Репу́блика Ки́на f ( Národna Repúblika Kína )
Malay: Republik Rakyat China (ms)
Maltese: please add this translation if you can
Manx: please add this translation if you can
Mingrelian: ჩინეთიშ ოკათე რესპუბლიკა ( činetiš oḳate resṗubliḳa )
Mon: please add this translation if you can
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Бүгд Найрамдах Хятад Ард Улс (mn) ( Bügd Najramdax Xjatad Ard Uls ) , БНХАУ ( BNXAU ) ( abbreviation )
Nahuatl: Tlācatlahtocāyōtl Āltepēhuahcāyōtl China
Navajo: Tsiiʼyishbizhí Dineʼé Bikéyah
Norman: Républyique du Peupl'ye d'la Chinne f
Norwegian: Folkerepublikken Kina (no) m
Occitan: please add this translation if you can
Persian: جمهوری خلق چین ( jomhuri-ye xalq-e čin )
Polish: Chińska Republika Ludowa (pl) f
Pontic Greek: Λαϊκόν η Δημοκρατίαν τη Κίνας ( Laïkón i Dimokratían ti Kínas )
Portuguese: República Popular da China (pt) f
Quechua: Chunwa Runallaqta Ripuwlika
Romanian: Republica Populară Chineză f
Russian: Кита́йская Наро́дная Респу́блика (ru) f ( Kitájskaja Naródnaja Respúblika )
Scots: Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
Scottish Gaelic: please add this translation if you can
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Народна Република Кина f
Roman: Narodna Republika Kina f
Shan: please add this translation if you can
Silesian: Chińsko Ludowo Republika f
Slovak: Čínska ľudová republika f
Slovene: Ljúdska repúblika Kitájska f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Chinska ludowa republika f
Upper Sorbian: Chinska ludowa republika f
Spanish: República Popular de China f
Swahili: Jamhuri ya Watu wa China
Swedish: Folkrepubliken Kina c
Tagalog: Republikang Popular ng Tsina
Tai Dam: please add this translation if you can
Tajik: Ҷумҳурии Халқии Чин (tg) ( Jumhuri-yi Xalqi-yi Čin ) , Ҷумҳурии Халқии Хитой (tg) ( Jumhuri-yi Xalqi-yi Xitoy ) , Ҷумҳурии Мардумии Чин (tg) ( Jumhuri-yi Mardumi-yi Čin )
Tamil: சீன மக்கள் குடியரசு ( cīṉa makkaḷ kuṭiyaracu )
Tatar: Кытай Халык Җөмһүрияте ( Qıtay Xalıq Cömhüriyate ) , Чин Халык Җөмһүрияте ( Çin Xalıq Cömhüriyate )
Telugu: చైనా ప్రజల గణతంత్రం ( cainā prajala gaṇatantraṁ )
Thai: สาธารณรัฐ ประชาชน จีน ( sǎa-taa-rá-ná-rát bprà-chaa-chon jiin )
Tibetan: ཀྲུང་ཧྭ་མི་དམངས་སྤྱི་མཐུན་རྒྱལ་ཁབ ( krung hwa mi dmangs spyi mthun rgyal khab )
Turkish: Çin Halk Cumhuriyeti (tr)
Turkmen: Hytaý Halk Respublikasy
Ukrainian: Кита́йська Наро́дна Респу́бліка f ( Kytájsʹka Naródna Respúblika )
Uyghur: جۇڭخۇا خەلق جۇمھۇرىيىتى ( jungxua xelq jumhuriyiti )
Uzbek: Xitoy Xalq Respublikasi (uz) , Хитой Халк Республикаси ( Xitoy Xalk Respublikasi )
Vietnamese: Cộng hòa Nhân dân Trung Hoa (vi) , CHNDTH
Welsh: Gweriniaeth Pobl Tsieina (cy)
West Frisian: please add this translation if you can
Yakut: Кытай Норуодунай Өрөспүүбүлүкэтэ ( Kıtay Noruodunay Öröspüübülükete ) , Китай Народнай Республиката ( Kitay Narodnay Respublikata )
Yiddish: די מענטשנ'ס רעפּובליק פֿון כינע f ( di mentshn's republik fun khine )
Zhuang: Cunghvaz Yinzminz Gunghozgoz
Zulu: please add this translation if you can