Chinese

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China republic; Republic of China
trad. (中華民國) 中華 民國
simp. (中华民国) 中华 民国
 
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中華民國
 

Blend of 中華中华 (Zhōnghuá, China; Chinese) +‎ (mín, people; citizens) +‎ (guó, Country) by Sun Yat-sen. In 1916, he explained the reason for his creation:

諸君中華民國意義何以中華共和國中華民國意義研究得之歐美共和國創建之前二十世紀國民含有創制精神不當效法十八世紀成法以為自足 [MSC, trad.]
诸君中华民国意义何以中华共和国中华民国意义研究得之欧美共和国创建之前二十世纪国民含有创制精神不当效法十八世纪成法以为自足 [MSC, simp.]
From: 1916, 中華民國之意義 (The meaning of the Republic of China), 國父全集第三冊 (The Complete Works of Sun Yat-sen, volume three), p163.
Zhūjūn zhī zhōnghuámínguó zhī yìyì hū? Héyǐ bù yuē zhōnghuá gònghéguó, ér bì yuē zhōnghuámínguó? Cǐ mín zì zhī yìyì, wèi pú yánjiū shí yú nián ér dézhī zhě. Ōuměi zhī gònghéguó chuàngjiàn yuǎn zài wú guó zhīqián, èrshí shìjì zhī guómín, dāng hányǒu chuàngzhì zhī jīngshén, bùdāng zì wèi néng xiàofǎ yú shíbā, jiǔ shìjì chéngfǎ ér yǐn yǐwèi zìzú. [Pinyin]
Do you know the meaning of Chunghwa Minkuo? Why don't we call it Chunghwa Konghekuo (中華共和國) but rather Chunghwa Minkuo (中華民國)? The meaning of the Chinese character "Min"() is the result of my decade-long research. Republics in Europe and the Americas were founded before this state. With our state founded in the 20th century, we shall have the spirit of innovation but not be satisfied with mimicking those founded in the 18th and 19th centuries.

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中華民國

  1. Republic of China (founded in mainland China in 1912, today commonly referred to as Taiwan)

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Sino-Xenic (中華民國):

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ちゅう
Grade: 1

Grade: S
みん
Grade: 4
こく
Jinmeiyō
on'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 中華民國 – see the following entry.
中華民国ちゅうかみんこく
[proper noun] the Republic of China
(This term, 中華民國, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

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Korean

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Hanja in this term

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中華民國 (junghwa minguk) (hangeul 중화민국)

  1. hanja form? of 중화민국 (Republic of China)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Proper noun

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中華民國

  1. chữ Hán form of Trung Hoa Dân Quốc (Republic of China).