修憲

Chinese

		to decorate; to embellish; to repair to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to study; to write; to cultivate	statute; constitution
trad. (修憲)		修	憲
simp. (修宪)		修	宪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiūxiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau¹ hin³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siû-hién / siû-hián
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siu-hiàn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiūxiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siousiàn
    • Wade–Giles: hsiu¹-hsien⁴
    • Yale: syōu-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shioushiann
    • Palladius: сюсянь (sjusjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau¹ hin³
    • Yale: sāu hin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau¹ hin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo¹ hin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯⁵⁵ hiːn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siû-hién
    • Hakka Romanization System: xiu´ hien`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xiu<sup>1</sup> hian<sup>3</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯u²⁴ hi̯en³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siû-hián
    • Hakka Romanization System: xiu´ hian`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xiu¹ hian³
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯u²⁴ hi̯an³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siu-hiàn
    • Tâi-lô: siu-hiàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siu'hiexn
    • IPA (Taipei): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɛn¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɛn²¹/

Verb

修⫽憲 (verb-object)

1. (intransitive) to amend the constitution
   • 2022 March 25, Central News Agency, 18歲公民權闖過立院 成為首度送交公民複決修憲案‎^[1]:

     立法院會今天三讀通過18歲公民權修憲案 [MSC, trad.]
     立法院会今天三读通过18岁公民权修宪案 [MSC, simp.]

     lìfǎyuàn huì jīntiān sāndú tōngguò 18 suì gōngmínquán xiūxiàn àn [Pinyin]

     Today, the Legislative Yuan committee passed the third reading of the bill regarding the constitutional amendment guaranteeing certain civil rights to 18-year-olds.