民間

See also: 民间

Chinese

		the people; nationality; citizen	interstice; separate; between interstice; separate; between; among; space; (measure word)
trad. (民間)		民	間
simp. (民间)		民	间

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mínjiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ gaan¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mìn-kiên / mìn-kiân
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bîn-kan

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ming⁵ gang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mínjiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mínjian
    • Wade–Giles: min²-chien¹
    • Yale: mín-jyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: minjian
    • Palladius: миньцзянь (minʹczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /min³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: man⁴ gaan¹
    • Yale: màhn gāan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ gaan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ gan¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ kaːn⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mìn-kiên
    • Hakka Romanization System: minˇ gien´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: min² gian¹
    • Sinological IPA: /min¹¹ ki̯en²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mìn-kiân
    • Hakka Romanization System: minˇ gian´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: min² gian¹
    • Sinological IPA: /min¹¹ ki̯an²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bîn-kan
    • Tâi-lô: bîn-kan
    • Phofsit Daibuun: binkafn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bin²⁴⁻²² kan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bin²⁴⁻²² kan³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bin¹³⁻²² kan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bin²⁴⁻¹¹ kan⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bin²³⁻³³ kan⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ming⁵ gang¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mîng kang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /miŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kaŋ³³/

Adjective

民間

1. (attributive) folk; common; popular
2. (attributive) non-governmental

Noun

民間

1. (literary) among the common people

Synonyms

• (figurative) 草澤／草泽 (cǎozé)

Derived terms

• 民間信仰／民间信仰 (mínjiān xìnyǎng)
• 民間傳說／民间传说 (mínjiān chuánshuō)
• 民間故事／民间故事 (mínjiān gùshi)
• 民間文學／民间文学
• 民間科學家／民间科学家 (mínjiān kēxuéjiā)
• 民間藝術／民间艺术
• 民間音樂／民间音乐 (mínjiān yīnyuè)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
民	間
みん Grade: 4	かん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) みんかん [mìńkáń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [mʲĩŋkã̠ɴ]

Noun

民(みん)間(かん) • (minkan) 

1. private, non-governmental

Korean

Hanja in this term
民	間

Noun

民間 • (min'gan) (hangeul 민간)

1. Hanja form^? of 민간.

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
民	間

Adjective

民間

1. chữ Hán form of dân gian (“folk”).