"民主" meaning in Chinese

See 民主 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /min³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /mɐn²¹ t͡syː³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ᵐbin²² t͡si⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA, Taicheng, Taishanese], /min¹¹ t͡su³¹/ [Hakka, Miaoli, Neipu, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /min⁵⁵ t͡ʃu²⁴/ [Hailu, Hakka, Sinological-IPA, Zhudong], /min¹¹ t͡su³¹/ [Hakka, Meixian, Sinological-IPA], /miŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^((t͡s-))ʒuo³³/ [Fuzhou, Min-Dong, Sinological-IPA], /bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Xiamen], /bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Quanzhou], /bin¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], /bin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Taipei], /bin²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Min-Nan], /miŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵²/ [Min-Nan, Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /min²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/ [Northern, Shanghai, Sinological-IPA, Wu], /min³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /mɐn²¹ t͡syː³⁵/, /ᵐbin²² t͡si⁵⁵/, /min¹¹ t͡su³¹/, /min⁵⁵ t͡ʃu²⁴/, /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], min zhu^ˊ [Hailu, Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System], min² zu³ [Guangdong, Hakka, Meixian], mìng-ciō [Foochow-Romanized, Min-Dong], bîn-chú [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], ming⁵ zu² [Min-Nan, Peng'im, Teochew], ⁶min-tsy, mínzhǔ [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄓㄨˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], mínjhǔ [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], min²-chu³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], mín-jǔ [Mandarin, Yale, standard], minjuu [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], миньчжу [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], minʹčžu [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], 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, Miaoli, Neipu, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], min^ˇ zu^ˋ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Miaoli, Neipu, Sixian], min² zu³ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Miaoli, Neipu, Sixian], min zhu^ˊ [Hailu, Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Zhudong], mìng-ciō [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou, Min-Dong], bîn-tsú [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], binzuo [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun], mîng tsú [Min-Nan, POJ, Teochew], ⁶min-tsy [Northern, Wu], min^去 tsy [Northern, Wu], ³min-tsr [Northern, Shanghai, Wiktionary-specific, 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
    Sense id: en-民主-zh-adj--QcOjbAB Categories (other): Elementary Mandarin, Government Disambiguation of Elementary Mandarin: 17 26 7 21 29 Disambiguation of Government: 25 35 41 0 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, standard], /mɐn²¹ t͡syː³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ᵐbin²² t͡si⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA, Taicheng, Taishanese], /min¹¹ t͡su³¹/ [Hakka, Miaoli, Neipu, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /min⁵⁵ t͡ʃu²⁴/ [Hailu, Hakka, Sinological-IPA, Zhudong], /min¹¹ t͡su³¹/ [Hakka, Meixian, Sinological-IPA], /miŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^((t͡s-))ʒuo³³/ [Fuzhou, Min-Dong, Sinological-IPA], /bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Xiamen], /bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Quanzhou], /bin¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], /bin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Taipei], /bin²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Min-Nan], /miŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵²/ [Min-Nan, Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /min²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/ [Northern, Shanghai, Sinological-IPA, Wu], /min³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /mɐn²¹ t͡syː³⁵/, /ᵐbin²² t͡si⁵⁵/, /min¹¹ t͡su³¹/, /min⁵⁵ t͡ʃu²⁴/, /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], min zhu^ˊ [Hailu, Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System], min² zu³ [Guangdong, Hakka, Meixian], mìng-ciō [Foochow-Romanized, Min-Dong], bîn-chú [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], ming⁵ zu² [Min-Nan, Peng'im, Teochew], ⁶min-tsy, mínzhǔ [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄓㄨˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], mínjhǔ [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], min²-chu³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], mín-jǔ [Mandarin, Yale, standard], minjuu [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], миньчжу [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], minʹčžu [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], 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, Miaoli, Neipu, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], min^ˇ zu^ˋ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Miaoli, Neipu, Sixian], min² zu³ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Miaoli, Neipu, Sixian], min zhu^ˊ [Hailu, Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Zhudong], mìng-ciō [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou, Min-Dong], bîn-tsú [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], binzuo [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun], mîng tsú [Min-Nan, POJ, Teochew], ⁶min-tsy [Northern, Wu], min^去 tsy [Northern, Wu], ³min-tsr [Northern, Shanghai, Wiktionary-specific, 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 (place): Places in China, Places in Hubei, China, Villages in China, Villages in Hubei, China
    Sense id: en-民主-zh-name-gvPnsaJq Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Elementary Mandarin, Forms of government, Government Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 8 57 4 14 17 Disambiguation of Elementary Mandarin: 17 26 7 21 29 Disambiguation of Forms of government: 21 44 22 7 6 Disambiguation of Government: 25 35 41 0 0

Noun

IPA: /min³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /mɐn²¹ t͡syː³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ᵐbin²² t͡si⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA, Taicheng, Taishanese], /min¹¹ t͡su³¹/ [Hakka, Miaoli, Neipu, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /min⁵⁵ t͡ʃu²⁴/ [Hailu, Hakka, Sinological-IPA, Zhudong], /min¹¹ t͡su³¹/ [Hakka, Meixian, Sinological-IPA], /miŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^((t͡s-))ʒuo³³/ [Fuzhou, Min-Dong, Sinological-IPA], /bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Xiamen], /bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵⁵⁴/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Quanzhou], /bin¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Zhangzhou], /bin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/ [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Taipei], /bin²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Min-Nan], /miŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵²/ [Min-Nan, Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /min²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/ [Northern, Shanghai, Sinological-IPA, Wu], /min³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /mɐn²¹ t͡syː³⁵/, /ᵐbin²² t͡si⁵⁵/, /min¹¹ t͡su³¹/, /min⁵⁵ t͡ʃu²⁴/, /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], min zhu^ˊ [Hailu, Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System], min² zu³ [Guangdong, Hakka, Meixian], mìng-ciō [Foochow-Romanized, Min-Dong], bîn-chú [Hokkien, Min-Nan, POJ], ming⁵ zu² [Min-Nan, Peng'im, Teochew], ⁶min-tsy, mínzhǔ [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄓㄨˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], mínjhǔ [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], min²-chu³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], mín-jǔ [Mandarin, Yale, standard], minjuu [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], миньчжу [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], minʹčžu [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], 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, Miaoli, Neipu, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], min^ˇ zu^ˋ [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Miaoli, Neipu, Sixian], min² zu³ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Miaoli, Neipu, Sixian], min zhu^ˊ [Hailu, Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Zhudong], mìng-ciō [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou, Min-Dong], bîn-tsú [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Tai-lo], binzuo [Hokkien, Min-Nan, Phofsit-Daibuun], mîng tsú [Min-Nan, POJ, Teochew], ⁶min-tsy [Northern, Wu], min^去 tsy [Northern, Wu], ³min-tsr [Northern, Shanghai, Wiktionary-specific, 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
    Sense id: en-民主-zh-noun-UTipYOPh Categories (other): Democracy, Government Disambiguation of Democracy: 16 2 77 2 3 Disambiguation of Government: 25 35 41 0 0
  2. (Classical) monarch Tags: Classical
    Sense id: en-民主-zh-noun-DyfVOp4J Categories (other): Classical Chinese, Elementary Mandarin Disambiguation of Elementary Mandarin: 17 26 7 21 29
  3. (Classical) functionary; official Tags: Classical
    Sense id: en-民主-zh-noun-982ICzGD Categories (other): Classical Chinese, Elementary Mandarin Disambiguation of Elementary Mandarin: 17 26 7 21 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 德謨克拉西 (démókèlāxī) [obsolete], 德谟克拉西 (démókèlāxī) [obsolete]
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          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              114,
              123
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              101,
              107
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              31,
              33
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The historic election of the US’s first black president, Barack Obama, marked an epoch in the history of American democracy.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " 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?)",
          "roman": "Měiguó zhōngyú chǎnshēng le lìshǐ shàng dì yī wèi hēirén zǒngtǒng Bālākè Àobāmǎ, zhè duìyú měiguó de mínzhǔ zhèngzhì jùyǒu huàshídài de yìyì.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "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。",
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        }
      ],
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        "democracy"
      ],
      "id": "en-民主-zh-noun-UTipYOPh",
      "links": [
        [
          "democracy",
          "democracy"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Classical Chinese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 26 7 21 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Elementary Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              80,
              93
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              46,
              52
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              14,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The words of the marquis of Qi are rude; and Zang Wenzhong remarked that when a people's lord is rude, he is sure to die.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese poetry",
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " Commentary of Zuo, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version",
          "roman": "Qíjūn zhī yǔ tōu. Zāng Wénzhòng yǒu yán yuē: ‘Mínzhǔ tōu, bì sǐ.’",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "齊君之語偷。臧文仲有言曰:『民主偷,必死。』",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              80,
              93
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              46,
              52
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              14,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The words of the marquis of Qi are rude; and Zang Wenzhong remarked that when a people's lord is rude, he is sure to die.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese poetry",
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "ref": " Commentary of Zuo, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version",
          "roman": "Qíjūn zhī yǔ tōu. Zāng Wénzhòng yǒu yán yuē: ‘Mínzhǔ tōu, bì sǐ.’",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "齐君之语偷。臧文仲有言曰:『民主偷,必死。』",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "monarch"
      ],
      "id": "en-民主-zh-noun-DyfVOp4J",
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        [
          "monarch",
          "monarch"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Classical) monarch"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Classical Chinese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 26 7 21 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Elementary Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "functionary; official"
      ],
      "id": "en-民主-zh-noun-982ICzGD",
      "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": [
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min zhu^ˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min² zu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Min-Dong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mìng-ciō"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bîn-chú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ming⁵ zu²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶min-tsy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mínzhǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄓㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mínjhǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min²-chu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mín-jǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "minjuu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "миньчжу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "minʹčžu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mìn-chú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min^ˇ zu^ˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min² zu³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min¹¹ t͡su³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Zhudong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min zhu^ˊ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min⁵⁵ t͡ʃu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Zhudong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min¹¹ t͡su³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Min-Dong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mìng-ciō"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^((t͡s-))ʒuo³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Min-Dong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bîn-tsú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "binzuo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mîng tsú"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶min-tsy"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min^去 tsy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³min-tsr"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Wu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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": "/min⁵⁵ t͡ʃu²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "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": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "démókèlāxī",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "德謨克拉西"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "démókèlāxī",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "德谟克拉西"
    }
  ],
  "word": "民主"
}

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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "za",
            "2": "minzcuj",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Zhuang: minzcuj",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Zhuang: minzcuj"
    }
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        "2": "民主"
      },
      "expansion": "民主",
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    },
    {
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        "1": "zh",
        "2": "民之主"
      },
      "expansion": "民之主",
      "name": "lang"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "民主",
      "name": "head"
    }
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 26 7 21 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Elementary Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 35 41 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Government",
          "orig": "zh:Government",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "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"
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        {
          "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"
        }
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          "bold_english_offsets": [
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              0,
              10
            ]
          ],
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              0,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "english": "democratic consultation",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "mínzhǔ xiéshāng",
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        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "english": "democratic consultation",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "mínzhǔ xiéshāng",
          "text": "民主协商",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              19
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "people's democratic dictatorship",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "rénmín mínzhǔ zhuānzhèng",
          "text": "人民民主專政",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              19
            ]
          ],
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "people's democratic dictatorship",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Simplified Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "rénmín mínzhǔ zhuānzhèng",
          "text": "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": [
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min zhu^ˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min² zu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Min-Dong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mìng-ciō"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bîn-chú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ming⁵ zu²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶min-tsy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mínzhǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄓㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mínjhǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min²-chu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mín-jǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "minjuu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "миньчжу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "minʹčžu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mìn-chú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min^ˇ zu^ˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min² zu³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min¹¹ t͡su³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Zhudong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min zhu^ˊ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min⁵⁵ t͡ʃu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Zhudong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min¹¹ t͡su³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Min-Dong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mìng-ciō"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^((t͡s-))ʒuo³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Min-Dong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bîn-tsú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "binzuo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mîng tsú"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶min-tsy"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min^去 tsy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³min-tsr"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Wu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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": "/min⁵⁵ t͡ʃu²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "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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      "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.",
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          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "zh",
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          "orig": "zh:Places in China",
          "parents": [
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          ],
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        },
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          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Places in Hubei, China",
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Villages in China",
          "orig": "zh:Villages in China",
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            "Places"
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        },
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          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Villages in Hubei, China",
          "orig": "zh:Villages in Hubei, China",
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            "Places"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 57 4 14 17",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 26 7 21 29",
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          "name": "Elementary Mandarin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 44 22 7 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Forms of government",
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        {
          "_dis": "25 35 41 0 0",
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      ],
      "id": "en-民主-zh-name-gvPnsaJq",
      "links": [
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          "Lichuan",
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          "Hubei#English"
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          "China#English"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "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": [
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min zhu^ˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min² zu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Min-Dong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mìng-ciō"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bîn-chú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ming⁵ zu²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶min-tsy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mínzhǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄓㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mínjhǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min²-chu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mín-jǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "minjuu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "миньчжу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "minʹčžu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mìn-chú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min^ˇ zu^ˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min² zu³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min¹¹ t͡su³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Zhudong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min zhu^ˊ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min⁵⁵ t͡ʃu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Zhudong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min¹¹ t͡su³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Min-Dong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mìng-ciō"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^((t͡s-))ʒuo³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Min-Dong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bîn-tsú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "binzuo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mîng tsú"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
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      ],
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        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶min-tsy"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min^去 tsy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³min-tsr"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/",
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        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Wu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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": "/min⁵⁵ t͡ʃu²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "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/"
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        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄓㄨˇ"
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        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong-Kong",
        "Jyutping"
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      "zh-pron": "man⁴ zyu²"
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    {
      "tags": [
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        "Taishan",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
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      "zh-pron": "min³ zi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "PFS",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mìn-chú"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
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      "zh-pron": "min zhu^ˊ"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min² zu³"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Min-Dong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mìng-ciō"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bîn-chú"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
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      "zh-pron": "ming⁵ zu²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶min-tsy"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
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      "zh-pron": "mínzhǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄓㄨˇ"
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        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
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        "Yale",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "mín-jǔ"
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        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "миньчжу"
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    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
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        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
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      "zh-pron": "màhn jyú"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
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      "zh-pron": "man⁴ dzy²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "men⁴ ju²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɐn²¹ t͡syː³⁵/",
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        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese",
        "Wiktionary-specific"
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      "zh-pron": "min³ zi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ᵐbin²² t͡si⁵⁵/",
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        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Taicheng",
        "Taishanese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
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      "zh-pron": "mìn-chú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min^ˇ zu^ˋ"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min² zu³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min¹¹ t͡su³¹/",
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        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Zhudong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min zhu^ˊ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min⁵⁵ t͡ʃu²⁴/",
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        "Hailu",
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Zhudong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min¹¹ t͡su³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Min-Dong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mìng-ciō"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^((t͡s-))ʒuo³³/",
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        "Fuzhou",
        "Min-Dong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bîn-tsú"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "binzuo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/",
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        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mîng tsú"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
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      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶min-tsy"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
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      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min^去 tsy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³min-tsr"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Wu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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": "/min⁵⁵ t͡ʃu²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "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/"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "roman": "démókèlāxī",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "德謨克拉西"
    },
    {
      "roman": "démókèlāxī",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "德谟克拉西"
    }
  ],
  "word": "民主"
}

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    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese proper nouns",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 主",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 民",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    "Eastern Min lemmas",
    "Eastern Min nouns",
    "Eastern Min proper nouns",
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    "Middle Chinese nouns",
    "Middle Chinese proper nouns",
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    "Old Chinese lemmas",
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    "zh:Forms of government",
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    {
      "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"
    }
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    }
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      "name": "lang"
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  "pos": "adj",
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    {
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              0,
              10
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              0,
              6
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              0,
              2
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          ],
          "roman": "mínzhǔ xiéshāng",
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        {
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              0,
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          ],
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              0,
              2
            ]
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        {
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              19
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          ],
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              7,
              13
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            [
              2,
              4
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          "english": "people's democratic dictatorship",
          "raw_tags": [
            "Traditional Chinese"
          ],
          "roman": "rénmín mínzhǔ zhuānzhèng",
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        {
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              19
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              7,
              13
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              2,
              4
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          "democratic"
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      "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": [
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min zhu^ˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min² zu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Min-Dong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mìng-ciō"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bîn-chú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ming⁵ zu²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶min-tsy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mínzhǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄓㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mínjhǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min²-chu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mín-jǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "minjuu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "миньчжу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "minʹčžu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mìn-chú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min^ˇ zu^ˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min² zu³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min¹¹ t͡su³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Zhudong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min zhu^ˊ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min⁵⁵ t͡ʃu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Zhudong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min¹¹ t͡su³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Min-Dong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mìng-ciō"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^((t͡s-))ʒuo³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Min-Dong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bîn-tsú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "binzuo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mîng tsú"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶min-tsy"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min^去 tsy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³min-tsr"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Wu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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": "/min⁵⁵ t͡ʃu²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "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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        ],
        [
          "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": [
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min zhu^ˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min² zu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Min-Dong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mìng-ciō"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bîn-chú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ming⁵ zu²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶min-tsy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mínzhǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄓㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mínjhǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min²-chu³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mín-jǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "minjuu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "миньчжу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "minʹčžu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mìn-chú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min^ˇ zu^ˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min² zu³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min¹¹ t͡su³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Miaoli",
        "Neipu",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Zhudong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min zhu^ˊ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min⁵⁵ t͡ʃu²⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hailu",
        "Hakka",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Zhudong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min¹¹ t͡su³¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou",
        "Min-Dong"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mìng-ciō"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^((t͡s-))ʒuo³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Min-Dong",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bîn-tsú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "binzuo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Xiamen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵⁵⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Min-Nan",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bin²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Min-Nan"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "mîng tsú"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵²/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶min-tsy"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "min^去 tsy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³min-tsr"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/min²² t͡sz̩⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Wu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "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": "/min⁵⁵ t͡ʃu²⁴/"
    },
    {
      "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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  "path": [
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  "path": [
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  "title": "民主",
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  "path": [
    "民主"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
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  "trace": ""
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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: ~村",
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