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

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
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    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

to be elected by the people; to be democratically elected
民選政府／民选政府 ― mínxuǎn zhèngfǔ ― democratically-elected government

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