萬民

See also: 万民

Chinese

		ten thousand; a great number; surname	the people; nationality; citizen
trad. (萬民)		萬	民
simp. (万民)		万	民

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wànmín

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ ㄇㄧㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ man⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): van-mìn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bān-bîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wànmín
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄇㄧㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wànmín
    • Wade–Giles: wan⁴-min²
    • Yale: wàn-mín
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannmin
    • Palladius: ваньминь (vanʹminʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹ min³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maan⁶ man⁴
    • Yale: maahn màhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ man⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ men⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²² mɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: van-mìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: van min^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: van⁴ min²
    • Sinological IPA: /van⁵⁵ min¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-bîn
    • Tâi-lô: bān-bîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: baxnbiin
    • IPA (Taipei): /ban³³⁻¹¹ bin²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban³³⁻²¹ bin²³/

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• Middle Chinese: mjonH mjin

Rime
Character	萬	民
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	元 (66)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	無販切	彌鄰切
Baxter	mjonH	mjin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mʉɐnH/	/miɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/mʷiɐnH/	/min/
Shao Rongfen	/miuɐnH/	/mjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/muanH/	/min/
Li Rong	/miuɐnH/	/miĕn/
Wang Li	/mĭwɐnH/	/mĭĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/mi̯wɐnH/	/mi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wàn	mín
Expected Cantonese Reflex	maan6	man4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.ma[n]-s  mi[ŋ]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mlans  min/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	萬	民
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	wàn	mín
Middle Chinese	‹ mjonH ›	‹ mjin ›
Old Chinese	/*C.ma[n]-s/	/*mi[ŋ]/
English	10000	people
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	萬	民
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	12633	9130
Phonetic component	萬	民
Rime group	元	眞
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	万	民
Old Chinese	/*mlans/	/*min/

Noun

萬民

1. all the people

   • 斷木為杵，掘地為臼，臼杵之利，萬民以濟。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     断木为杵，掘地为臼，臼杵之利，万民以济。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: I Ching, 11^th – 8^th century BCE

     Duàn mù wèi chǔ, jué dì wèi jiù, jiùchǔ zhī lì, wànmín yǐ jì. [Pinyin]

     They cut wood and fashioned it into pestles; they dug in the ground and formed mortars. Thus the myriads of the people received the benefit arising from the use of the pestle and mortar.

   • 1998, “祢是彌賽亞”, 陳芳榮 [Edwin Tanner] (lyrics), 吉中鳴 [Joseph Chi] (music)‎^[1]performed by 香港基督徒音樂事工 [Hong Kong Association of Christian Music Ministry]:

     頌讚主基督甘犧牲捨己救萬民 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     颂赞主基督甘牺牲舍己救万民 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     zung⁶ zaan³ zyu² gei¹ duk¹ gam¹ hei¹ sang¹ se² gei² gau³ maan⁶ man⁴ [Jyutping]

     Praise Christ the Lord, who willingly sacrificed Himself to save all men

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (萬民):

• → Japanese: 万(ばん)民(みん) (banmin)
• → Korean: 만민(萬民) (manmin)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
萬	民
ばん Jinmeiyō	みん Grade: 4
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 萬民 – see the following entry.

【万民ばんみん】 [noun] all the people, the entire nation

(This term, 萬民, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)