HSK 6 · Society

民主 mínzhǔ “democracy” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 民主 means

  1. democracy
  2. democratic

How to say 民主

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale民mín2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale主zhǔ3rd tone, dipping

民主 in a sentence

  1. 什么是民主？

    Shénme shì mínzhǔ?

    What is democracy?

    Sentence #13202215 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 民主 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 民 (mín) with each of its parts in a different colour
民mínthe people
  • 巳part of the character
  • 戈halberd · gē
The character 主 (zhǔ) with each of its parts in a different colour
主zhǔowner
  • 丶dot · zhǔ
  • 王king · wáng

Memory aidThe dot 丶 on top was once the flame of a lamp: the main one, the master.

How to write 民主

民 5 strokes · 主 5 strokes

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民主 (mínzhǔ) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 民主 (mínzhǔ). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 民主

Words with 民

民族mínzú · nationality农民nóngmín · farmer移民yímín · to immigrate人民币rénmínbì · Renminbi (RMB)居民jūmín · resident渔民yúmín · fisherman公民gōngmín · citizen民间mínjiān · folk殖民地zhímíndì · colony

Words with 主

主要zhǔyào · main主意zhǔyi · plan主人zhǔrén · master主张zhǔzhāng · to advocate主持zhǔchí · to host (a programme or event)主观zhǔguān · subjective主任zhǔrèn · director公主gōngzhǔ · princess主席zhǔxí · chairperson主题zhǔtí · theme

More words: Society & Law

埋伏máifu · to lie in ambush面子miànzi · face名誉míngyù · reputation民间mínjiān · folk虐待nüèdài · to abuse奴隶núlì · slave殴打ōudǎ · to beat up派别pàibié · faction

FAQs

民主 (mínzhǔ) means “democracy” or “democratic”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it mínzhǔ: mín with a 2nd tone, then zhǔ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 民主 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type minzhu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 民主 from the suggestions. Typing minzhu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
民主 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.