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民間

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

Adjective

民間

(attributive) folk; common; popular
(attributive) non-governmental

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 gùshì)

民間文學／民间文学
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

Noun

民間 ‎(hiragana みんかん, romaji minkan)

private, civilian, unofficial

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): mínjiān

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): man⁴ gaan¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mìn-kiên / mìn-kiân
Min Nan (POJ): bîn-kan

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: mínjiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: minjian
  - IPA ^(key): /min³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: man⁴ gaan¹
  - Yale: màhn gāan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: man⁴ gaan¹
  - IPA ^(key): /mɐn²¹ kɑːn⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mìn-kiên
  - Hakka Romanization System: minˇ gien´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: min² gian¹
  - IPA: /min¹¹ ki̯en²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mìn-kiân
  - Hakka Romanization System: minˇ gian´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: min² gian¹
  - IPA: /min¹¹ ki̯an²⁴/
Min Nan
- (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/