民選
Chinese
| the people; nationality; citizen | to choose; to pick; to select to choose; to pick; to select; to elect | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (民選) | 民 | 選 | |
| simp. (民选) | 民 | 选 | |
| anagram | 選民／选民 | ||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: mínxuǎn
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄒㄩㄢˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: mínsyuǎn
- Wade–Giles: min2-hsüan3
- Yale: mín-sywǎn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: minsheuan
- Palladius: миньсюань (minʹsjuanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /min³⁵ ɕy̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: man4 syun2
- Yale: màhn syún
- Cantonese Pinyin: man4 syn2
- Guangdong Romanization: men4 xun2
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɐn²¹ syːn³⁵/
- Homophones:
文選 / 文选
民選 / 民选
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bîn-soán
- Tâi-lô: bîn-suán
- Phofsit Daibuun: binsoarn
- IPA (Xiamen): /bin²⁴⁻²² suan⁵³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /bin²⁴⁻²² suan⁵⁵⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /bin¹³⁻²² suan⁵³/
- IPA (Taipei): /bin²⁴⁻¹¹ suan⁵³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /bin²³⁻³³ suan⁴¹/
- (Hokkien)
Verb
民選
- to be elected by the people; to be democratically elected