民事

Chinese

		the people; nationality; citizen	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
simp. and trad. (民事)		民	事

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): mínshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄕˋ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): min² si⁴

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ si⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mìn-sṳ
• Jin (Wiktionary): ming¹ si³
• Eastern Min (BUC): mìng-sê̤ṳ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bîn-sīr / bîn-sū

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ming⁵ se⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mínshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mínshìh
    • Wade–Giles: min²-shih⁴
    • Yale: mín-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: minshyh
    • Palladius: миньши (minʹši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /min³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: min² si⁴
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: mins
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /min²¹ sz̩²¹³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)
    • Jyutping: man⁴ si⁶
    • Yale: màhn sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ siː²²/
    • Homophones:

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• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mìn-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: min^ˇ sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: min² si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /min¹¹ sɨ⁵⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ming¹ si³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /miŋ¹¹ sz̩⁴⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: mìng-sê̤ṳ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^(s-)nøy²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bîn-sīr
    • Tâi-lô: bîn-sīr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bin²⁴⁻²² sɯ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bîn-sū
    • Tâi-lô: bîn-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: binsu
    • IPA (Taipei): /bin²⁴⁻¹¹ su³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bin¹³⁻²² su²²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bin²⁴⁻²² su²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bin²³⁻³³ su³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ming⁵ se⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mîng sṳ̄
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sɯ¹¹/

Adjective

民事

1. (law, attributive) of or relating to civil law; civil

   民事裁定  ―  mínshì cáidìng  ―  civil ruling

   民事判決書／民事判决书  ―  mínshì pànjuéshū  ―  civil judgment

   民事訴訟／民事诉讼  ―  mínshì sùsòng  ―  civil litigation

Antonyms

• 刑事 (xíngshì)

Noun

民事

1. (law) civil law
2. (literary) farm work; farming; agriculture; husbandry; agricultural affairs
3. (literary) civil administration
4. (literary) governmental affairs; politics
5. (literary) corvee

Synonyms

• (farm work):

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• 本教 (běnjiào) (literary)
• 稼穡 / 稼穑 (jiàsè) (literary)
• 穡頭 / 穑头 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 莊稼活 / 庄稼活
• 農事 / 农事 (nóngshì)
• 農務 / 农务 (nóngwù)
• 農活 / 农活 (nónghuó)

• (civil administration): 民政 (mínzhèng)
• (governmental affairs): 政事 (zhèngshì)
• (corvee): 徭役 (yáoyì)

See also

• 民法 (mínfǎ)

Derived terms

• 民事婚姻 (mínshì hūnyīn)
• 民事權利 / 民事权利
• 民事法典 (mínshì fǎdiǎn)
• 民事法庭 (mínshì fǎtíng)
• 民事結合 / 民事结合 (mínshì jiéhé)
• 民事義務 / 民事义务
• 民事訴訟 / 民事诉讼
• 民事責任 / 民事责任 (mínshì zérèn)
• 民事防護 / 民事防护 (mínshì fánghù)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
民	事
みん Grade: 4	じ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

民(みん)事(じ) • (minji) 

1. civil affairs or affair

Korean

Hanja in this term
民	事

Noun

民事 • (minsa) (hangeul 민사)

1. hanja form^? of 민사 (“civil affairs or affair”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
民	事

Adjective

民事

1. chữ Hán form of dân sự (“civil”)