"Kuomintang" meaning in English

See Kuomintang in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /kuːəʊmɪnˈtaŋ/ [UK]
Etymology: c. 1912, from the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 國民黨/国民党 (Guómíndǎng), Wade–Giles: Kuo²-min²-tang³. Etymology templates: {{circa|1912}} c. 1912, {{bor|en|cmn-wadegiles|-}} Wade–Giles, {{bor|en|cmn|國民黨}} Mandarin 國民黨/国民党 (Guómíndǎng), {{lang|zh|國民黨}} 國民黨 Head templates: {{en-prop}} Kuomintang
  1. A nationalist political party founded under Sun Yat-sen in 1912 that ruled mainland China from 1928 to 1949, now one of three major parties in the Republic of China (Taiwan). Wikipedia link: Chinese History: A New Manual, Harvard University Press, Kuomintang Categories (topical): Chinese politics, Nationalism, Organizations, Politics Categories (place): China, Taiwan Synonyms: Chungkuo Kuomintang, Guomindang, Komintang, Kuomingtang [misspelling] Synonyms (sense 1): KMT [abbreviation] Derived forms: Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang Translations (a nationalist political party in pre-Communist China, and contemporary Taiwan): 國民黨 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 国民党 (Kok-bîn-tóng) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 國民黨 (Chinese Cantonese), 国民党 (gwok³ man⁴ dong²) (Chinese Cantonese), 國民黨 (Chinese Mandarin), 国民党 (Guómíndǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), Kuomintang (French), Kuomintang [feminine] (German), गुओमिंदांग (guomindāṅg) (Hindi), Kuomintang (Italian), 国民党 (Kokumintō) (alt: こくみんとう) (Japanese), Гоминдаң (Gomindañ) (Kazakh), 국민당 (Gungmindang) (alt: 國民黨) (Korean), Гоминдан (Gomindan) (Mongolian), Гоминьда́н (Gominʹdán) [masculine] (Russian), Kuomintang (Spanish), ก๊กมินตั๋ง (Thai), གོའོ་མིན་ཏང (english: go'o min tang) (Tibetan), گومىنداڭ (gomindang) (Uyghur), Quốc dân Đảng (alt: 國民黨) (Vietnamese), Gozminzdangj (Zhuang)

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          "ref": "1992 [1941 April 15], Xiaoping Deng, “The Party and the Anti-Japanese Democratic Government”, in Selected Works of Deng Xiaoping, Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 17:",
          "text": "If we say that the Communist Parties in West European countries are tainted with some undesirable traditions of the social-democratic parties, the Chinese Communist Party is more or less tainted with the undesirable traditions of the Kuomintang. The concept of “ruling the country by the party”, held by some comrades, is a manifestation in our Party of an abominable tradition of the Kuomintang.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, Phil Macdonald, National Geographic Traveler: Taiwan, National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 203:",
          "text": "Next door, you can't miss the Fushan Illuminated Wall, a huge sign with red Chinese characters on a white background declaring: \"Sleep with one's sword ready.\" Its purpose was to brace the islands' Kuomintang troops and to warn off the Communist troops always watching from just across the waters.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 March 27, Chris Horton, “Taiwan’s Ex-President Heads to China in Historic and Closely Watched Visit”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-27, Asia Pacific:",
          "text": "In February, the newly elected mayor of Taipei, Chiang Wan-an, welcomed a delegation from the Shanghai branch of the Taiwan Affairs Office. Andrew Hsia, a Kuomintang vice chairman, went to China and met with Wang Huning and Song Tao, two key figures in Beijing’s Taiwan strategy.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A nationalist political party founded under Sun Yat-sen in 1912 that ruled mainland China from 1928 to 1949, now one of three major parties in the Republic of China (Taiwan)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nationalist",
          "nationalist"
        ],
        [
          "mainland China",
          "mainland China"
        ],
        [
          "Republic of China",
          "Republic of China"
        ],
        [
          "Taiwan",
          "Taiwan"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Chinese History: A New Manual",
        "Harvard University Press",
        "Kuomintang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kuːəʊmɪnˈtaŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Chungkuo Kuomintang"
    },
    {
      "sense": "sense 1",
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation"
      ],
      "word": "KMT"
    },
    {
      "word": "Guomindang"
    },
    {
      "word": "Komintang"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "misspelling"
      ],
      "word": "Kuomingtang"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "a nationalist political party in pre-Communist China, and contemporary Taiwan",
      "word": "國民黨"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "gwok³ man⁴ dong²",
      "sense": "a nationalist political party in pre-Communist China, and contemporary Taiwan",
      "word": "国民党"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "a nationalist political party in pre-Communist China, and contemporary Taiwan",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "國民黨"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "Kok-bîn-tóng",
      "sense": "a nationalist political party in pre-Communist China, and contemporary Taiwan",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "国民党"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a nationalist political party in pre-Communist China, and contemporary Taiwan",
      "word": "國民黨"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Guómíndǎng",
      "sense": "a nationalist political party in pre-Communist China, and contemporary Taiwan",
      "word": "国民党"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a nationalist political party in pre-Communist China, and contemporary Taiwan",
      "word": "Kuomintang"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a nationalist political party in pre-Communist China, and contemporary Taiwan",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kuomintang"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "guomindāṅg",
      "sense": "a nationalist political party in pre-Communist China, and contemporary Taiwan",
      "word": "गुओमिंदांग"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a nationalist political party in pre-Communist China, and contemporary Taiwan",
      "word": "Kuomintang"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こくみんとう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Kokumintō",
      "sense": "a nationalist political party in pre-Communist China, and contemporary Taiwan",
      "word": "国民党"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "Gomindañ",
      "sense": "a nationalist political party in pre-Communist China, and contemporary Taiwan",
      "word": "Гоминдаң"
    },
    {
      "alt": "國民黨",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Gungmindang",
      "sense": "a nationalist political party in pre-Communist China, and contemporary Taiwan",
      "word": "국민당"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "Gomindan",
      "sense": "a nationalist political party in pre-Communist China, and contemporary Taiwan",
      "word": "Гоминдан"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Gominʹdán",
      "sense": "a nationalist political party in pre-Communist China, and contemporary Taiwan",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Гоминьда́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a nationalist political party in pre-Communist China, and contemporary Taiwan",
      "word": "Kuomintang"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "a nationalist political party in pre-Communist China, and contemporary Taiwan",
      "word": "ก๊กมินตั๋ง"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "english": "go'o min tang",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "sense": "a nationalist political party in pre-Communist China, and contemporary Taiwan",
      "word": "གོའོ་མིན་ཏང"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "gomindang",
      "sense": "a nationalist political party in pre-Communist China, and contemporary Taiwan",
      "word": "گومىنداڭ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "國民黨",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a nationalist political party in pre-Communist China, and contemporary Taiwan",
      "word": "Quốc dân Đảng"
    },
    {
      "code": "za",
      "lang": "Zhuang",
      "sense": "a nationalist political party in pre-Communist China, and contemporary Taiwan",
      "word": "Gozminzdangj"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Kuomintang"
}

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