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

  (Pinyin): mínxuǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄒㄩㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ syun²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bîn-soán

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• 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⁾/
• 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:

      edit edit 文選／文选 民選／民选

• 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/

Verb

民選

1. to be elected by the people; to be democratically elected

   民選政府／民选政府  ―  mínxuǎn zhèngfǔ  ―  democratically-elected government