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
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶min-ci₁ / ²min-cie₁

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: min^ˇ gien^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: min² gian¹
  - Sinological IPA: /min¹¹ ki̯en²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mìn-kiân
  - Hakka Romanization System: min^ˇ gian^ˊ
  - 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/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶min-ci₁
  - MiniDict: min^去 ci^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³min-ji₁
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /min²² t͡ɕi⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ²min-cie₁
  - MiniDict: min^平 cie^平
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /min²² t͡ɕɪ³³/

Adjective

民間

(attributive) folk; common; popular
(attributive) non-governmental; private
民間借貸／民间借贷 ― mínjiān jièdài ― private loan

Noun

民間

(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)

private, non-governmental

Korean

Hanja in this term
民	間

Noun

民間 • (min'gan) (hangeul 민간)

hanja form^? of 민간

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
民	間

Adjective

民間

chữ Hán form of dân gian (“folk”).