民主
HSK 6freq #3363
Meanings
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- 1.democracy
- 2.democratic
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Wiktionary
- 1.democracy
- 2.monarch
- 3.functionary; official
- 4.democratic
- 5.Minzhu (a village in Zhonglu, Lichuan, Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China)
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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.
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Stroke order
Components
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Characters
Example sentences
民主支持自由。
Democracy encourages freedom.
美國民主的中心思想是自由。
Freedom is the center of American democracy.
他一点都不知道美国的民主。
He doesn't have any knowledge about American democracy.
除了那些我们尝试过的政府形态，民主是最差的那种了。
Democracy is the worst form of government, except all the others that have been tried.
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Synonyms
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Derived terms
基層民主基层民主民主主義民主主义民主人士民主剛果民主刚果民主國家民主国家民主性民主改革民主政治民主權利民主权利民主社會主義民主社会主义民主進步黨民主进步党民主集中制民主革命民主黨民主党民主黨派民主党派民盟泛民主派
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Related words
民主化 to convert to democracy; democratic transformation民主派 (Hong Kong politics) the pro-democracy camp (founded 1987), aka the pan-democrats民主墙 Democracy Wall, Beijing (1978-1979), and bulletin boards inspired by it, in some Hong Kong universities民主党 Democratic Party三民主义 Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孙中山 Three Principles of the People (late 1890s)社会民主 social democracy殖民主义 colonialism民主政治 democracy (as a system of government)民主革命 democratic revolution民主党人 Democrat (Democratic Party member or supporter)泛民主派 pan-Democratic alliance (Hong Kong)民主主义 democracy (as an ideology)