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民主

mín zhǔ

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

民主 (mín zhǔ) means "democracy". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 民主 means

1. democracy
2. democratic

The characters in 民主

• 民mín(bound form) the people; inhabitants of a country
• 主zhǔowner; master; host

Example sentences

• 什么是民主？
  What's democracy?
• 我们相信民主。
  We believe in democracy.
• 民主支持自由。
  Democracy encourages freedom.
• 我在民主这一边。
  I am on the side of democracy.
• 民主主义鼓励自由。
  Mínzhǔzhǔyì gǔlì zìyóu.
  Democracy encourages freedom.
• 爱民主就是爱平等。
  The love of democracy is that of equality.

Words starting with 民主

• 民主党Mín zhǔ dǎngDemocratic Party
• 民主化mín zhǔ huàto convert to democracy; democratic transformation
• 民主政治mín zhǔ zhèng zhìdemocracy (as a system of government)
• 民主派Mín zhǔ pài(Hong Kong politics) the pro-democracy camp (founded 1987), aka the pan-democrats
• 民主革命mín zhǔ gé mìngdemocratic revolution; bourgeois revolution…
• 民主主义mín zhǔ zhǔ yìdemocracy (as an ideology)
• 民主主义者mín zhǔ zhǔ yì zhědemocrat
• 民主集中制mín zhǔ jí zhōng zhìdemocratic centralism
• 民主党人mín zhǔ dǎng rénDemocrat (Democratic Party member or supporter)
• 民主进步党Mín zhǔ Jìn bù dǎngDPP (Democratic Progressive Party, Taiwan); abbr. to 民进党
• 民主墙Mín zhǔ qiángDemocracy Wall, Beijing (1978–1979); bulletin boards modeled on it in some Hong Kong…
• 民主建港协进联盟Mín zhǔ Jiàn gǎng Xié jìn Lián méngDemocratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), a pro-Beijing…

Words containing 民主

• 三民主义Sān mín zhǔ yìDr Sun Yat-sen's 孙中山 Three Principles of the People (late 1890s)
• 殖民主义zhí mín zhǔ yìcolonialism
• 社会民主shè huì mín zhǔsocial democracy
• 新民主主义Xīn mín zhǔ zhǔ yìNew Democracy
• 新民主主义论Xīn Mín zhǔ zhǔ yì LùnOn New Democracy (1940), by Mao Zedong
• 社会民主主义shè huì mín zhǔ zhǔ yìsocial democracy
• 人民民主专政rén mín mín zhǔ zhuān zhèngpeople's democratic dictatorship
• 中国民主同盟Zhōng guó Mín zhǔ Tóng méngChina Democratic League, one of the eight legally recognized non-CCP political parties in…
• 全国民主联盟Quán guó Mín zhǔ lián méngMyanmar or Burma National league for democracy (NLD)
• 泛民主派fàn mín zhǔ pàipan-Democratic alliance (Hong Kong)
• 社会民主党Shè huì Mín zhǔ dǎngSocial Democratic Party
• 自由民主党Zì yóu Mín zhǔ dǎngLiberal Democratic Party
• 新殖民主义xīn zhí mín zhǔ yìneocolonialism
• 中国民主建国会Zhōng guó Mín zhǔ Jiàn guó huìChina Democratic National Construction Association
• 中国民主促进会Zhōng guó Mín zhǔ Cù jìn huìChina Association for Promoting Democracy…
• 越南民主共和国Yuè nán Mín zhǔ Gòng hé guóDemocratic Republic of Vietnam (aka North Vietnam), a country in Southeast Asia 1945-1976
• 刚果民主共和国Gāng guǒ Mín zhǔ Gòng hé guóDemocratic Republic of Congo
• 基督教民主联盟Jī dū jiào Mín zhǔ Lián méngChristian Democratic Union (German political party)
• 新民主主义革命Xīn Mín zhǔ zhǔ yì Gé mìng(Maoism) New Democracy (aka New Democratic Revolution)
• 德意志民主共和国Dé yì zhì Mín zhǔ Gòng hé guóGerman Democratic Republic (East Germany), 1945-1990
• 朝鲜民主主义人民共和国Cháo xiǎn Mín zhǔ zhǔ yì Rén mín Gòng hé guóPeople's Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea)
• 台湾民主自治同盟Tái wān Mín zhǔ Zì zhì Tóng méngTaiwan Democratic Self-Government League
• 旧民主主义革命jiù mín zhǔ zhǔ yì gé mìngold democratic revolution; bourgeois revolution…

Where 民主 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Society, Rights & Democracy (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read mín zhǔ correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.