民法

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Chinese

		the people; nationality; citizen	law
simp. and trad. (民法)		民	法

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mínfǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄈㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ faat³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mìn-fap
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bîn-hoat

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mínfǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄈㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mínfǎ
  - Wade–Giles: min²-fa³
  - Yale: mín-fǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: minfaa
  - Palladius: миньфа (minʹfa)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /min³⁵ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: man⁴ faat³
  - Yale: màhn faat
  - Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ faat⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: men⁴ fad³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ faːt̚³/
  - Homophones:
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    文法
    民法
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mìn-fap
  - Hakka Romanization System: min^ˇ fab^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: min² fab⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /min¹¹ fap̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bîn-hoat
  - Tâi-lô: bîn-huat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: binhoad
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bin²⁴⁻²² huat̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bin²⁴⁻²² huat̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bin¹³⁻²² huat̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /bin²⁴⁻¹¹ huat̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bin²³⁻³³ huat̚³²/

Noun

民法

(law) civil law (the body of law dealing with the private relations between members of a community)

See also

民事 (mínshì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
民	法
みん Grade: 4	ほう > ぽう Grade: 4
on'yomi

Etymology

Translated as a calque of English civil law by Tsuda Mamichi.^[1]

Noun

民(みん)法(ぽう) • (minpō)

civil law^[2]

Derived terms

民法典(みんぽうてん) (minpōten, “the civil code”)

References

^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
^ 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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