# 民主主義
## Chinese

| | | democracy; monarch | doctrine; ideology; -ismdoctrine; ideology; -ism; position; stance |
| trad. (民主主義) | trad. (民主主義) | 民主 | 主義 |
| simp. (民主主义) | simp. (民主主义) | 民主 | 主义 |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mínzhǔzhǔyì
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄓㄨˇ ㄓㄨˇ ㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): man$^4$ zyu$^2$ zyu$^2$ ji$^6$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mìn-chú-chú-ngi
* Eastern Min (BUC): mìng-ciō-ciō-ngiê
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bîn-chú-chú-gī
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$min-tsy-tsy-gni
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mínzhǔzhǔyì [Phonetic: mínzhúzhǔyì]
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄓㄨˇ ㄓㄨˇ ㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mínjhǔjhǔyì
*** Wade–Giles: min$^2$-chu$^3$-chu$^3$-i$^4$
*** Yale: mín-jǔ-jǔ-yì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: minjuujuuyih
*** Palladius: миньчжучжуи (minʹčžučžui)
*** Sinological IPA : /min³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: man$^4$ zyu$^2$ zyu$^2$ ji$^6$
*** Yale: màhn jyú jyú yih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: man$^4$ dzy$^2$ dzy$^2$ ji$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: men$^4$ ju$^2$ ju$^2$ yi$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /mɐn²¹ t͡syː³⁵ t͡syː³⁵ jiː²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mìn-chú-chú-ngi
*** Hakka Romanization System: min$^ˇ$ zu$^ˋ$ zu$^ˋ$ ngi
*** Hagfa Pinyim: min$^2$ zu$^3$ zu$^3$ ngi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /min¹¹ t͡su³¹ t͡su³¹ ŋi⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: mìng-ciō-ciō-ngiê
*** Sinological IPA : /miŋ⁵³⁻³³ $^{(t͡s-)}$ʒuo³³⁽⁻²¹⁾ $^{(t͡s-)}$ʒuo³³⁻⁵⁵ ŋiɛ²⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bîn-chú-chú-gī
*** Tâi-lô: bîn-tsú-tsú-gī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: binzwzw'gi
*** IPA (Xiamen): /bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡi²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /bin²⁴⁻²² t͡su⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡su⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɡi⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /bin¹³⁻²² t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡi²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /bin²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡi³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /bin²³⁻³³ t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡi³³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$min-tsy-tsy-gni
*** MiniDict: min$^去$ tsy tsy nyi
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$min-tsr-tsr-nyi
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /min²² t͡sz̩⁵⁵ t͡sz̩³³ n̠ʲi²¹/

### Noun

民主主義
* democracy

#### Derived terms

* 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國／朝鲜民主主义人民共和国
* 民主主義者／民主主义者 (mínzhǔzhǔyìzhě)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 民 | 主 | 主 | 義 |
| みん Grade: 4 | しゅ Grade: 3 | しゅ Grade: 3 | ぎ Grade: 5 |
| goon | kan'on | kan'on | kan'on |
* Alternative spelling
* 民主々義

### Etymology

Compound of 民主(みんしゅ) (minshu, “democracy”) + 主義(しゅぎ) (-shugi, “-ism”).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) みんしゅしゅぎ [mìńshú shúꜜgì] (Nakadaka – [4])
* IPA: [mʲĩɰ̃ɕɨ ɕɨɡʲi]

### Noun

民(みん)主(しゅ)主(しゅ)義(ぎ) • (minshu shugi)
* democracy (rule by the people)

#### Usage notes

The spelling 民主々義 is now nonstandard, as the two 主 belong to separate words.

### See also

* 民(みん)主(しゅ)制(せい) (minshusei, “government under the rule of its people”)
* デモクラシー (demokurashī)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
* Kitahara, Yasuo, editor (2002), 明鏡国語辞典 [Meikyō Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 民 | 主 | 主 | 義 |

### Noun

民主主義 • (minjujuui) (hangeul 민주주의)
* hanja form of 민주주의 (“democracy”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 民 | 主 | 主 | 義 |

### Noun

民主主義
* chữ Hán form of dân chủ chủ nghĩa (“democracy”).