選民

See also: 选民

Chinese

		to choose; to pick; to select to choose; to pick; to select; to elect	the people; nationality; citizen
trad. (選民)		選	民
simp. (选民)		选	民
anagram		民選／民选

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuǎnmín

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˇ ㄇㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syun² man⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sién-mìn
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): soán-bîn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): suang² ming⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuǎnmín
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˇ ㄇㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuǎnmín
    • Wade–Giles: hsüan³-min²
    • Yale: sywǎn-mín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheuanmin
    • Palladius: сюаньминь (sjuanʹminʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ min³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syun² man⁴
    • Yale: syún màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syn² man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xun² men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn³⁵ mɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sién-mìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: xien` minˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xian³ min²
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯en³¹ min¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: soán-bîn
    • Tâi-lô: suán-bîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soafnbiin
    • IPA (Xiamen): /suan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bin²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /suan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bin²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /suan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bin¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /suan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bin²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /suan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bin²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: suang² ming⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: suáng mîng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /suaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ miŋ⁵⁵/

Noun

選民

1. voter (one who votes); elector
2. constituency; electorate
3. (religion) chosen people

   • 天使吹號主把選民找 / 普天下的墳墓聖徒一起復活了 [MSC, trad.]
     天使吹号主把选民找 / 普天下的坟墓圣徒一起复活了 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 《外国宗教中国化之，河南豫剧抬花轿版》

     tiānshǐ chuīhào Zhǔ bǎ xuǎnmín zhǎo  /  pǔtiānxià de fénmù shèngtú yīqǐ fùhuó le [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• (voter): 選舉人／选举人 (xuǎnjǔrén)
• (constituency): 選區／选区 (xuǎnqū)

Derived terms

• 選民證／选民证

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (選民):

• → Japanese: 選民(せんみん) (senmin)
• → Korean: 선민(選民) (seonmin)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
選	民
せん Grade: 4	みん Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) せんみん [sèńmíń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [sẽ̞mʲːĩɴ]

Noun

選(せん)民(みん) • (senmin) ^{←せんみん (senmin)?}

1. (religion) chosen people

Derived terms

• 選民思想(せんみんしそう) (senmin shisō)