選民

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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

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^ˋ min^ˇ
  - 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

voter (one who votes); elector
constituency; electorate
(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
  (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

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

選民

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

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せんみん (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

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

(religion) chosen people

Derived terms

選民思想(せんみんしそう) (senmin shisō)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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