"民主" meaning in Chinese

See 民主 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /min³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /mɐn²¹ t͡syː³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ᵐbin²² t͡si⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA, Taicheng, Taishanese], /min¹¹ t͡su³¹/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /min¹¹ t͡su³¹/ [Hakka, Meixian, Sinological-IPA], /miŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^((t͡s-))ʒuo³³/ [Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /bin¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /bin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /bin²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /miŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵²/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /min³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /mɐn²¹ t͡syː³⁵/, /ᵐbin²² t͡si⁵⁵/, /min¹¹ t͡su³¹/, /min¹¹ t͡su³¹/, /miŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^((t͡s-))ʒuo³³/, /bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/, /bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵⁵⁴/, /bin¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³/, /bin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/, /bin²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/, /miŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵²/, /min²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: mínzhǔ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄓㄨˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], man⁴ zyu² [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], min³ zi² [Cantonese, Taishan, Wiktionary-specific], mìn-chú [Hakka, PFS, Sixian], min² zu³ [Guangdong, Hakka, Meixian], mìng-ciō, bîn-chú [Hokkien, POJ], ming⁵ zu² [Peng'im, Teochew], ⁶min-tsy, mínzhǔ [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], mínjhǔ [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], min²-chu³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], mín-jǔ [Mandarin, Yale], minjuu [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], миньчжу [Mandarin, Palladius], minʹčžu [Mandarin, Palladius], man⁴ zyu² [Cantonese, Jyutping], màhn jyú [Cantonese, Yale], man⁴ dzy² [Cantonese, Pinyin], men⁴ ju² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], min³ zi² [Cantonese, Taicheng, Taishanese, Wiktionary-specific], mìn-chú [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], minˇ zu` [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], min² zu³ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], mìng-ciō [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou], bîn-tsú [Hokkien, Tai-lo], binzuo [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], mîng tsú [POJ, Teochew], ⁶min-tsy [Wu], min^去 tsy [Wu], ³min-tsr [Wu], /min²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/ [Wu], mjin tsyuX [Middle-Chinese], /*mi[ŋ] toʔ/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*min tjoʔ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{lang|zh|民主}} 民主, {{lang|zh|民之主}} 民之主 Head templates: {{head|zh|adjective}} 民主
  1. democratic Categories (topical): Government
    Sense id: en-民主-zh-adj--QcOjbAB Disambiguation of Government: 29 12 31 29 0 Derived forms: 基層民主 (jīcéng mínzhǔ), 基层民主 (jīcéng mínzhǔ), 民主主義 (mínzhǔzhǔyì), 民主主义 (mínzhǔzhǔyì), 民主人士 (mínzhǔ rénshì), 民主剛果 (Mínzhǔ Gāngguǒ), 民主刚果 (Mínzhǔ Gāngguǒ), 民主國家 (mínzhǔ guójiā), 民主国家 (mínzhǔ guójiā), 民主性 (mínzhǔxìng), 民主改革 (mínzhǔ gǎigé), 民主政治 (mínzhǔ zhèngzhì), 民主權利 (mínzhǔ quánlì), 民主权利 (mínzhǔ quánlì), 民主社會主義 (mínzhǔ shèhuì zhǔyì), 民主社会主义 (mínzhǔ shèhuì zhǔyì), 民主進步黨 (Mínzhǔ Jìnbù Dǎng), 民主进步党 (Mínzhǔ Jìnbù Dǎng), 民主集中制 (mínzhǔ jízhōngzhì), 民主革命 (mínzhǔ gémìng), 民主黨 (mínzhǔdǎng), 民主党 (mínzhǔdǎng), 民主黨派 (Mínzhǔ Dǎngpài), 民主党派 (Mínzhǔ Dǎngpài), 民盟 (Mín-Méng), 泛民主派 (fànmínzhǔpài)

Proper name

IPA: /min³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /mɐn²¹ t͡syː³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ᵐbin²² t͡si⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA, Taicheng, Taishanese], /min¹¹ t͡su³¹/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /min¹¹ t͡su³¹/ [Hakka, Meixian, Sinological-IPA], /miŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^((t͡s-))ʒuo³³/ [Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /bin¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /bin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /bin²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /miŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵²/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /min³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /mɐn²¹ t͡syː³⁵/, /ᵐbin²² t͡si⁵⁵/, /min¹¹ t͡su³¹/, /min¹¹ t͡su³¹/, /miŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^((t͡s-))ʒuo³³/, /bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/, /bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵⁵⁴/, /bin¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³/, /bin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/, /bin²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/, /miŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵²/, /min²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: mínzhǔ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄓㄨˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], man⁴ zyu² [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], min³ zi² [Cantonese, Taishan, Wiktionary-specific], mìn-chú [Hakka, PFS, Sixian], min² zu³ [Guangdong, Hakka, Meixian], mìng-ciō, bîn-chú [Hokkien, POJ], ming⁵ zu² [Peng'im, Teochew], ⁶min-tsy, mínzhǔ [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], mínjhǔ [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], min²-chu³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], mín-jǔ [Mandarin, Yale], minjuu [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], миньчжу [Mandarin, Palladius], minʹčžu [Mandarin, Palladius], man⁴ zyu² [Cantonese, Jyutping], màhn jyú [Cantonese, Yale], man⁴ dzy² [Cantonese, Pinyin], men⁴ ju² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], min³ zi² [Cantonese, Taicheng, Taishanese, Wiktionary-specific], mìn-chú [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], minˇ zu` [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], min² zu³ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], mìng-ciō [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou], bîn-tsú [Hokkien, Tai-lo], binzuo [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], mîng tsú [POJ, Teochew], ⁶min-tsy [Wu], min^去 tsy [Wu], ³min-tsr [Wu], /min²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/ [Wu], mjin tsyuX [Middle-Chinese], /*mi[ŋ] toʔ/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*min tjoʔ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{lang|zh|民主}} 民主, {{lang|zh|民之主}} 民之主 Head templates: {{head|zh|proper noun}} 民主
  1. (~村) Minzhu (a village in Zhonglu, Lichuan, Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China) Categories (topical): Government Categories (place): Places in China, Places in Hubei, Villages in China, Villages in Hubei
    Sense id: en-民主-zh-name-gvPnsaJq Disambiguation of Government: 29 12 31 29 0 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 2 32 1 27 38

Noun

IPA: /min³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /mɐn²¹ t͡syː³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ᵐbin²² t͡si⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA, Taicheng, Taishanese], /min¹¹ t͡su³¹/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /min¹¹ t͡su³¹/ [Hakka, Meixian, Sinological-IPA], /miŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^((t͡s-))ʒuo³³/ [Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/ [Hokkien, Xiamen], /bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /bin¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³/ [Hokkien, Zhangzhou], /bin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /bin²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /miŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵²/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /min³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /mɐn²¹ t͡syː³⁵/, /ᵐbin²² t͡si⁵⁵/, /min¹¹ t͡su³¹/, /min¹¹ t͡su³¹/, /miŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^((t͡s-))ʒuo³³/, /bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/, /bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵⁵⁴/, /bin¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³/, /bin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/, /bin²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/, /miŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵²/, /min²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: mínzhǔ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄓㄨˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], man⁴ zyu² [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong-Kong, Jyutping], min³ zi² [Cantonese, Taishan, Wiktionary-specific], mìn-chú [Hakka, PFS, Sixian], min² zu³ [Guangdong, Hakka, Meixian], mìng-ciō, bîn-chú [Hokkien, POJ], ming⁵ zu² [Peng'im, Teochew], ⁶min-tsy, mínzhǔ [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], mínjhǔ [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], min²-chu³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], mín-jǔ [Mandarin, Yale], minjuu [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], миньчжу [Mandarin, Palladius], minʹčžu [Mandarin, Palladius], man⁴ zyu² [Cantonese, Jyutping], màhn jyú [Cantonese, Yale], man⁴ dzy² [Cantonese, Pinyin], men⁴ ju² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], min³ zi² [Cantonese, Taicheng, Taishanese, Wiktionary-specific], mìn-chú [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], minˇ zu` [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], min² zu³ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], mìng-ciō [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou], bîn-tsú [Hokkien, Tai-lo], binzuo [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], mîng tsú [POJ, Teochew], ⁶min-tsy [Wu], min^去 tsy [Wu], ³min-tsr [Wu], /min²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/ [Wu], mjin tsyuX [Middle-Chinese], /*mi[ŋ] toʔ/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*min tjoʔ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{lang|zh|民主}} 民主, {{lang|zh|民之主}} 民之主 Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 民主
  1. democracy Categories (topical): Democracy, Government Synonyms (democracy): 德謨克拉西 (démókèlāxī) [obsolete], 德谟克拉西 (démókèlāxī) [obsolete]
    Sense id: en-民主-zh-noun-UTipYOPh Disambiguation of Democracy: 22 9 44 18 7 Disambiguation of Government: 29 12 31 29 0 Disambiguation of 'democracy': 91 8 1
  2. (Classical) monarch Tags: Classical Categories (topical): Forms of government, Government
    Sense id: en-民主-zh-noun-DyfVOp4J Disambiguation of Forms of government: 22 16 23 28 11 Disambiguation of Government: 29 12 31 29 0 Categories (other): Classical Chinese, Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 2 32 1 27 38
  3. (Classical) functionary; official Tags: Classical
    Sense id: en-民主-zh-noun-982ICzGD Categories (other): Classical Chinese, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Elementary Mandarin Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 2 32 1 27 38 Disambiguation of Elementary Mandarin: 7 13 3 33 44

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        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min²-chu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mín-jǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "minjuu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "миньчжу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "minʹčžu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "man⁴ zyu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "màhn jyú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "man⁴ dzy²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "men⁴ ju²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɐn²¹ t͡syː³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min³ zi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ᵐbin²² t͡si⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mìn-chú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "minˇ zu`"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min² zu³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min¹¹ t͡su³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min¹¹ t͡su³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mìng-ciō"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^((t͡s-))ʒuo³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bîn-tsú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "binzuo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mîng tsú"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵²/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶min-tsy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min^去 tsy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³min-tsr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/min²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mjin tsyuX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*mi[ŋ] toʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*min tjoʔ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɐn²¹ t͡syː³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ᵐbin²² t͡si⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min¹¹ t͡su³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min¹¹ t͡su³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^((t͡s-))ʒuo³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[ŋ]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*min tjoʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "民主"
}

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "za",
            "2": "minzcuj",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Zhuang: minzcuj",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Zhuang: minzcuj"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "民主"
      },
      "expansion": "民主",
      "name": "lang"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "民之主"
      },
      "expansion": "民之主",
      "name": "lang"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "民主",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "29 12 31 29 0",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Government",
          "orig": "zh:Government",
          "parents": [
            "Politics",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "jīcéng mínzhǔ",
          "word": "基層民主"
        },
        {
          "roman": "jīcéng mínzhǔ",
          "word": "基层民主"
        },
        {
          "roman": "mínzhǔzhǔyì",
          "word": "民主主義"
        },
        {
          "roman": "mínzhǔzhǔyì",
          "word": "民主主义"
        },
        {
          "roman": "mínzhǔ rénshì",
          "word": "民主人士"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Mínzhǔ Gāngguǒ",
          "word": "民主剛果"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Mínzhǔ Gāngguǒ",
          "word": "民主刚果"
        },
        {
          "roman": "mínzhǔ guójiā",
          "word": "民主國家"
        },
        {
          "roman": "mínzhǔ guójiā",
          "word": "民主国家"
        },
        {
          "roman": "mínzhǔxìng",
          "word": "民主性"
        },
        {
          "roman": "mínzhǔ gǎigé",
          "word": "民主改革"
        },
        {
          "roman": "mínzhǔ zhèngzhì",
          "word": "民主政治"
        },
        {
          "roman": "mínzhǔ quánlì",
          "word": "民主權利"
        },
        {
          "roman": "mínzhǔ quánlì",
          "word": "民主权利"
        },
        {
          "roman": "mínzhǔ shèhuì zhǔyì",
          "word": "民主社會主義"
        },
        {
          "roman": "mínzhǔ shèhuì zhǔyì",
          "word": "民主社会主义"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Mínzhǔ Jìnbù Dǎng",
          "word": "民主進步黨"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Mínzhǔ Jìnbù Dǎng",
          "word": "民主进步党"
        },
        {
          "roman": "mínzhǔ jízhōngzhì",
          "word": "民主集中制"
        },
        {
          "roman": "mínzhǔ gémìng",
          "word": "民主革命"
        },
        {
          "roman": "mínzhǔdǎng",
          "word": "民主黨"
        },
        {
          "roman": "mínzhǔdǎng",
          "word": "民主党"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Mínzhǔ Dǎngpài",
          "word": "民主黨派"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Mínzhǔ Dǎngpài",
          "word": "民主党派"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Mín-Méng",
          "word": "民盟"
        },
        {
          "roman": "fànmínzhǔpài",
          "word": "泛民主派"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "democratic consultation",
          "roman": "mínzhǔ xiéshāng",
          "text": "民主協商/民主协商",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "people's democratic dictatorship",
          "roman": "rénmín mínzhǔ zhuānzhèng",
          "text": "人民民主專政/人民民主专政",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "democratic"
      ],
      "id": "en-民主-zh-adj--QcOjbAB",
      "links": [
        [
          "democratic",
          "democratic"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mínzhǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄓㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "man⁴ zyu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min³ zi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mìn-chú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min² zu³"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "mìng-ciō"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bîn-chú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ming⁵ zu²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶min-tsy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mínzhǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mínjhǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min²-chu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mín-jǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "minjuu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "миньчжу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "minʹčžu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "man⁴ zyu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "màhn jyú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "man⁴ dzy²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "men⁴ ju²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɐn²¹ t͡syː³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min³ zi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ᵐbin²² t͡si⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mìn-chú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "minˇ zu`"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min² zu³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min¹¹ t͡su³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min¹¹ t͡su³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mìng-ciō"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^((t͡s-))ʒuo³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bîn-tsú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "binzuo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mîng tsú"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵²/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶min-tsy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min^去 tsy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³min-tsr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/min²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mjin tsyuX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*mi[ŋ] toʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*min tjoʔ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɐn²¹ t͡syː³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ᵐbin²² t͡si⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min¹¹ t͡su³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min¹¹ t͡su³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^((t͡s-))ʒuo³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[ŋ]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*min tjoʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "民主"
}

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "民主"
      },
      "expansion": "民主",
      "name": "lang"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "民之主"
      },
      "expansion": "民之主",
      "name": "lang"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "proper noun"
      },
      "expansion": "民主",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Places in China",
          "orig": "zh:Places in China",
          "parents": [
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Places in Hubei",
          "orig": "zh:Places in Hubei",
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            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Villages in China",
          "orig": "zh:Villages in China",
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            "Villages",
            "Places",
            "Polities",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
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          "name": "Villages in Hubei",
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            "Places",
            "Polities",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 32 1 27 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "29 12 31 29 0",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Government",
          "orig": "zh:Government",
          "parents": [
            "Politics",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Minzhu (a village in Zhonglu, Lichuan, Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China)"
      ],
      "id": "en-民主-zh-name-gvPnsaJq",
      "links": [
        [
          "村",
          "村#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "Minzhu",
          "Minzhu#English"
        ],
        [
          "Zhonglu",
          "Zhonglu#English"
        ],
        [
          "Lichuan",
          "Lichuan#English"
        ],
        [
          "Enshi",
          "Enshi#English"
        ],
        [
          "Hubei",
          "Hubei#English"
        ],
        [
          "China",
          "China#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(~村) Minzhu (a village in Zhonglu, Lichuan, Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mínzhǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄓㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "man⁴ zyu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min³ zi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mìn-chú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min² zu³"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "mìng-ciō"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bîn-chú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ming⁵ zu²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶min-tsy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mínzhǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mínjhǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min²-chu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mín-jǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "minjuu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "миньчжу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "minʹčžu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "man⁴ zyu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "màhn jyú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "man⁴ dzy²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "men⁴ ju²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɐn²¹ t͡syː³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min³ zi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ᵐbin²² t͡si⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mìn-chú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "minˇ zu`"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min² zu³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min¹¹ t͡su³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min¹¹ t͡su³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mìng-ciō"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^((t͡s-))ʒuo³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bîn-tsú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "binzuo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mîng tsú"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵²/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶min-tsy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min^去 tsy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³min-tsr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/min²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mjin tsyuX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*mi[ŋ] toʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*min tjoʔ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɐn²¹ t͡syː³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ᵐbin²² t͡si⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min¹¹ t͡su³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min¹¹ t͡su³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^((t͡s-))ʒuo³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[ŋ]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*min tjoʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "民主"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese adjectives",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese proper nouns",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Eastern Min adjectives",
    "Eastern Min lemmas",
    "Eastern Min nouns",
    "Eastern Min proper nouns",
    "Elementary Mandarin",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese lemmas",
    "zh:Democracy",
    "zh:Forms of government",
    "zh:Government"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "民主"
      },
      "expansion": "民主",
      "name": "lang"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "民之主"
      },
      "expansion": "民之主",
      "name": "lang"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "民主",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Literary Chinese terms with quotations",
        "Mandarin terms with quotations",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "whole-process people's democracy",
          "roman": "quán guòchéng rénmín mínzhǔ",
          "text": "全過程人民民主/全过程人民民主",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Education is at the root of the popularization of science and democracy.",
          "ref": "普及科學與民主,根子在教育。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "普及科学与民主,根子在教育。 [MSC, simp.]\nPǔjí kēxué yǔ mínzhǔ, gēnzi zài jiàoyù. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Monarchy skews power toward the upper class; democracy skews power toward the lower class.",
          "ref": "君主者,權偏於上;民主者,權偏於下。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
          "text": "君主者,权偏于上;民主者,权偏于下。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: 鄭觀應《盛世危言·議院》 (1893)\nJūnzhǔ zhě, quán piān yú shàng; mínzhǔ zhě, quán piān yú xià. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The historic election of the US’s first black president, Barack Obama, marked an epoch in the history of American democracy.",
          "ref": "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.]",
          "text": "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.]\nFrom: 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?)\nMěiguó zhōngyú chǎnshēng le lìshǐ shàng dì yī wèi hēirén zǒngtǒng Bālākè Àobāmǎ, zhè duìyú měiguó de mínzhǔ zhèngzhì jùyǒu huàshídài de yìyì. [Pinyin]",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "democracy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "democracy",
          "democracy"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Classical Chinese"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "monarch"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "monarch",
          "monarch"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Classical) monarch"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Classical Chinese"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "functionary; official"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "functionary",
          "functionary"
        ],
        [
          "official",
          "official"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Classical) functionary; official"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mínzhǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄓㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "man⁴ zyu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min³ zi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mìn-chú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min² zu³"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "mìng-ciō"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bîn-chú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ming⁵ zu²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶min-tsy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mínzhǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mínjhǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min²-chu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mín-jǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "minjuu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "миньчжу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "minʹčžu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "man⁴ zyu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "màhn jyú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "man⁴ dzy²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "men⁴ ju²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɐn²¹ t͡syː³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min³ zi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ᵐbin²² t͡si⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mìn-chú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "minˇ zu`"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min² zu³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min¹¹ t͡su³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min¹¹ t͡su³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mìng-ciō"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^((t͡s-))ʒuo³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bîn-tsú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "binzuo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mîng tsú"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵²/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶min-tsy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min^去 tsy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³min-tsr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/min²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mjin tsyuX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*mi[ŋ] toʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*min tjoʔ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɐn²¹ t͡syː³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ᵐbin²² t͡si⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min¹¹ t͡su³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min¹¹ t͡su³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^((t͡s-))ʒuo³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[ŋ]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*min tjoʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "démókèlāxī",
      "sense": "democracy",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "德謨克拉西"
    },
    {
      "roman": "démókèlāxī",
      "sense": "democracy",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "德谟克拉西"
    }
  ],
  "word": "民主"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese adjectives",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese proper nouns",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Eastern Min adjectives",
    "Eastern Min lemmas",
    "Eastern Min nouns",
    "Eastern Min proper nouns",
    "Elementary Mandarin",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese lemmas",
    "zh:Democracy",
    "zh:Forms of government",
    "zh:Government"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "jīcéng mínzhǔ",
      "word": "基層民主"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jīcéng mínzhǔ",
      "word": "基层民主"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mínzhǔzhǔyì",
      "word": "民主主義"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mínzhǔzhǔyì",
      "word": "民主主义"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mínzhǔ rénshì",
      "word": "民主人士"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Mínzhǔ Gāngguǒ",
      "word": "民主剛果"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Mínzhǔ Gāngguǒ",
      "word": "民主刚果"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mínzhǔ guójiā",
      "word": "民主國家"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mínzhǔ guójiā",
      "word": "民主国家"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mínzhǔxìng",
      "word": "民主性"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mínzhǔ gǎigé",
      "word": "民主改革"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mínzhǔ zhèngzhì",
      "word": "民主政治"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mínzhǔ quánlì",
      "word": "民主權利"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mínzhǔ quánlì",
      "word": "民主权利"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mínzhǔ shèhuì zhǔyì",
      "word": "民主社會主義"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mínzhǔ shèhuì zhǔyì",
      "word": "民主社会主义"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Mínzhǔ Jìnbù Dǎng",
      "word": "民主進步黨"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Mínzhǔ Jìnbù Dǎng",
      "word": "民主进步党"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mínzhǔ jízhōngzhì",
      "word": "民主集中制"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mínzhǔ gémìng",
      "word": "民主革命"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mínzhǔdǎng",
      "word": "民主黨"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mínzhǔdǎng",
      "word": "民主党"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Mínzhǔ Dǎngpài",
      "word": "民主黨派"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Mínzhǔ Dǎngpài",
      "word": "民主党派"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Mín-Méng",
      "word": "民盟"
    },
    {
      "roman": "fànmínzhǔpài",
      "word": "泛民主派"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "za",
            "2": "minzcuj",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Zhuang: minzcuj",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Zhuang: minzcuj"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "民主"
      },
      "expansion": "民主",
      "name": "lang"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "民之主"
      },
      "expansion": "民之主",
      "name": "lang"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "民主",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "democratic consultation",
          "roman": "mínzhǔ xiéshāng",
          "text": "民主協商/民主协商",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "people's democratic dictatorship",
          "roman": "rénmín mínzhǔ zhuānzhèng",
          "text": "人民民主專政/人民民主专政",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "democratic"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "democratic",
          "democratic"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mínzhǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄓㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "man⁴ zyu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min³ zi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mìn-chú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min² zu³"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "mìng-ciō"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bîn-chú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ming⁵ zu²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶min-tsy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mínzhǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mínjhǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min²-chu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mín-jǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "minjuu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "миньчжу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "minʹčžu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "man⁴ zyu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "màhn jyú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "man⁴ dzy²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "men⁴ ju²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɐn²¹ t͡syː³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min³ zi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ᵐbin²² t͡si⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mìn-chú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "minˇ zu`"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min² zu³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min¹¹ t͡su³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min¹¹ t͡su³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mìng-ciō"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^((t͡s-))ʒuo³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bîn-tsú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "binzuo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mîng tsú"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵²/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶min-tsy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min^去 tsy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³min-tsr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/min²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mjin tsyuX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*mi[ŋ] toʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*min tjoʔ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɐn²¹ t͡syː³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ᵐbin²² t͡si⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min¹¹ t͡su³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min¹¹ t͡su³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^((t͡s-))ʒuo³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[ŋ]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*min tjoʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "民主"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese adjectives",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese proper nouns",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Eastern Min adjectives",
    "Eastern Min lemmas",
    "Eastern Min nouns",
    "Eastern Min proper nouns",
    "Elementary Mandarin",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese lemmas",
    "zh:Democracy",
    "zh:Forms of government",
    "zh:Government"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "民主"
      },
      "expansion": "民主",
      "name": "lang"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "民之主"
      },
      "expansion": "民之主",
      "name": "lang"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "proper noun"
      },
      "expansion": "民主",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "zh:Places in China",
        "zh:Places in Hubei",
        "zh:Villages in China",
        "zh:Villages in Hubei"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Minzhu (a village in Zhonglu, Lichuan, Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "村",
          "村#Chinese"
        ],
        [
          "Minzhu",
          "Minzhu#English"
        ],
        [
          "Zhonglu",
          "Zhonglu#English"
        ],
        [
          "Lichuan",
          "Lichuan#English"
        ],
        [
          "Enshi",
          "Enshi#English"
        ],
        [
          "Hubei",
          "Hubei#English"
        ],
        [
          "China",
          "China#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(~村) Minzhu (a village in Zhonglu, Lichuan, Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mínzhǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄓㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "man⁴ zyu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taishan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min³ zi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mìn-chú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min² zu³"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "mìng-ciō"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bîn-chú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ming⁵ zu²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶min-tsy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mínzhǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mínjhǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min²-chu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mín-jǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "minjuu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "миньчжу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "minʹčžu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "man⁴ zyu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "màhn jyú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "man⁴ dzy²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "men⁴ ju²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɐn²¹ t͡syː³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min³ zi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ᵐbin²² t͡si⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mìn-chú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "minˇ zu`"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min² zu³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min¹¹ t͡su³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min¹¹ t͡su³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mìng-ciō"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^((t͡s-))ʒuo³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bîn-tsú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "binzuo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mîng tsú"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵²/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶min-tsy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min^去 tsy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³min-tsr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/min²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mjin tsyuX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*mi[ŋ] toʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*min tjoʔ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɐn²¹ t͡syː³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ᵐbin²² t͡si⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min¹¹ t͡su³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min¹¹ t͡su³¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^((t͡s-))ʒuo³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵⁵⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "other": "[ŋ]"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*min tjoʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "民主"
}
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  "subsection": "",
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  "trace": ""
}

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  "subsection": "",
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  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
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