民生主義

简 民生主义 · 繁 民生主義
Mandarin · pinyin mín shēng zhǔ yì

Meanings

  1. principle of people's livelihood, the third of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山 Three Principles of the People 三民主義 (at the time, meaning redistribution of wealth, self-sufficiency and internal trade)
Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

民
mín · people, subjects, citizens
生
shēng · life, living, lifetime; birth
主
zhǔ · master, chief owner; host; lord
義
Look up this written character
义
yì · right conduct, righteousness
Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

2–1–3–4 · min2 sheng1 zhu3 yi4

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

4character links
Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗
Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.
Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 1 sense · 1 Cantonese reading

man4 sang1 zyu2 ji6

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.

Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

noun

  1. doctrine of people's livelihood; public welfare; social welfare

Source page · dump 2026-09-02 · Contributors & history

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source & license · Data pack

民生主義 · min2 sheng1 zhu3 yi4
CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · edition 2026-10-13 · source line 61,921
Original dictionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source & transformation details
Exact source record民生主義 民生主义 [min2 sheng1 zhu3 yi4] /principle of people's livelihood, the third of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 (at the time, meaning redistribution of wealth, self-sufficiency and internal trade)/