民間

See also: 民间

Chinese

		the people; nationality; citizen	interstice; separate; between interstice; separate; between; among; space; (measure word)
trad. (民間)		民	間
simp. (民间)		民	间

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mínjiān

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ gaan¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mìn-kiên / mìn-kiân
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): bîn-kan

(Teochew, Peng'im): ming⁵ gang¹
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶min-ci₁ / ²min-cie₁

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mínjiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mínjian
  - Wade–Giles: min²-chien¹
  - Yale: mín-jyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: minjian
  - Palladius: миньцзянь (minʹczjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /min³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: man⁴ gaan¹
  - Yale: màhn gāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ gaan¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ gan¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ kaːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mìn-kiên
  - Hakka Romanization System: min^ˇ gien^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: min² gian¹
  - Sinological IPA: /min¹¹ ki̯en²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mìn-kiân
  - Hakka Romanization System: min^ˇ gian^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: min² gian¹
  - Sinological IPA: /min¹¹ ki̯an²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bîn-kan
  - Tâi-lô: bîn-kan
  - Phofsit Daibuun: binkafn
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bin²⁴⁻²² kan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bin²⁴⁻²² kan³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bin¹³⁻²² kan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bin²⁴⁻¹¹ kan⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bin²³⁻³³ kan⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ming⁵ gang¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mîng kang
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kaŋ³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶min-ci₁
  - MiniDict: min^去 ci^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³min-ji₁
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /min²² t͡ɕi⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ²min-cie₁
  - MiniDict: min^平 cie^平
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /min²² t͡ɕɪ³³/

Adjective

民間

(attributive) folk; common; popular
(attributive) non-governmental; private
民間借貸／民间借贷 ― mínjiān jièdài ― private loan

Noun

民間

(literary) among the common people

Synonyms

(figurative) 草澤／草泽 (cǎozé)

Derived terms

民間信仰 / 民间信仰 (mínjiān xìnyǎng)
民間傳說 / 民间传说 (mínjiān chuánshuō)
民間故事 / 民间故事 (mínjiān gùshi)
民間文學 / 民间文学
民間科學家 / 民间科学家 (mínjiān kēxuéjiā)
民間藝術 / 民间艺术
民間音樂 / 民间音乐 (mínjiān yīnyuè)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
民	間
みん Grade: 4	かん Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) みんかん [mìńkáń] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [mʲĩŋkã̠ɴ]

Noun

民(みん)間(かん) • (minkan)

private, non-governmental

Korean

Hanja in this term
民	間

Noun

民間 • (min'gan) (hangeul 민간)

hanja form^? of 민간

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
民	間

Adjective

民間

chữ Hán form of dân gian (“folk”)