民權

See also: 民権 and 民权

Chinese

		the people; nationality; citizen	authority; power; right
trad. (民權)		民	權
simp. (民权)		民	权

Wikipedia has articles on:

• 民權 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
• 民權 (Cantonese)
• Bîn-khoân-koān (Southern Min)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mínquán

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄑㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): man⁴ kyun⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): min³ kun³

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mìn-khièn / mìn-khiàn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bîn-koân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mínquán
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄑㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: míncyuán
    • Wade–Giles: min²-chʻüan²
    • Yale: mín-chywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: minchyuan
    • Palladius: миньцюань (minʹcjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /min³⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁴ kyun⁴
    • Yale: màhn kyùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ kyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ kün⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ kʰyːn²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: min³ kun³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵐbin²² kʰun²²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mìn-khièn
    • Hakka Romanization System: min^ˇ kien^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: min² kian²
    • Sinological IPA: /min¹¹ kʰi̯en¹¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mìn-khiàn
    • Hakka Romanization System: min^ˇ kian^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: min² kian²
    • Sinological IPA: /min¹¹ kʰi̯an¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bîn-koân
    • Tâi-lô: bîn-kuân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: binkoaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bin²⁴⁻²² kuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bin²⁴⁻²² kuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bin¹³⁻²² kuan¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bin²⁴⁻¹¹ kuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bin²³⁻³³ kuan²³/

Noun

民權

1. power of the people
2. (politics) popular sovereignty

   • 根本上還是要再從政治的意義來研究，政是眾人之事，集合眾人之事的大力量，便叫做政權，政權就可以說是民權；治是管理眾人之事，集合管理眾人之事的大力量，便叫做治權，治權就可以說是政府權。 [MSC, trad.]
     根本上还是要再从政治的意义来研究，政是众人之事，集合众人之事的大力量，便叫做政权，政权就可以说是民权；治是管理众人之事，集合管理众人之事的大力量，便叫做治权，治权就可以说是政府权。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1924 CE, Sun Yat-sen, The Three Principles of the People, translated based on Frank W. Price's version

     Gēnběn shàng háishì yào zài cóng zhèngzhì de yìyì lái yánjiū, zhèng shì zhòngrén zhī shì, jíhé zhòngrén zhī shì de dà lìliàng, biàn jiàozuò zhèngquán, zhèngquán jiù kěyǐ shuō shì mínquán; zhì shì guǎnlǐ zhòngrén zhī shì, jíhé guǎnlǐ zhòngrén zhī shì de dà lìliàng, biàn jiàozuò zhìquán, zhìquán jiù kěyǐ shuō shì zhèngfǔ quán. [Pinyin]

     We must start from the meaning of government. Government or politics is a concern of all the people, and its centralizing force is political sovereignty. Political sovereignty, then, means popular sovereignty, and government which centralizes the forces controlling the life of the people is called government power or government authority.

   • 我們認為，共產黨、國民黨、全國人民，應當共同一致為民族獨立、民權自由、民生幸福這三大目標而奮鬥。 [MSC, trad.]
     我们认为，共产党、国民党、全国人民，应当共同一致为民族独立、民权自由、民生幸福这三大目标而奋斗。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1940, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《中國共產黨在抗日時期的任務》 (The Tasks of the Chinese Communist Party in the Period of Resistance to Japan), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Wǒmen rènwéi, gòngchǎndǎng, guómíndǎng, quánguó rénmín, yìngdāng gòngtóng yīzhì wèi mínzú dúlì, mínquán zìyóu, mínshēng xìngfú zhè sān dà mùbiāo ér fèndòu. [Pinyin]

     We hold that the Communist Party, the Kuomintang and the people of the whole country should unite and fight for these three great objectives of national independence, democracy and freedom, and the people's livelihood and happiness.

3. (politics) civil rights

Derived terms

• 民權主義 / 民权主义 (mínquán zhǔyì)
• 美國民權聯盟 / 美国民权联盟 (Měiguó Mínquán Liánméng)

Proper noun

民權

1. (～縣) Minquan (a county of Shangqiu, Henan, China)
2. (～街道) Minquan (a subdistrict of Jianghan district, Wuhan, Hubei, China)
3. (～里) an urban village in Tamsui district, New Taipei City, Taiwan