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民生

Mandarin · pinyin mín shēng

Meanings

  1. people's livelihood
  2. people's welfare
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民
mín · people, subjects, citizens
生
shēng · life, living, lifetime; birth
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2–1 · min2 sheng1

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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 4 senses · 1 Cantonese reading

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

man4 sang1

Cantonese word readings for 民生. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun

  1. people's life
  2. people's livelihood
  3. people's welfare

name

  1. (～里) an urban village in Tamsui district, New Taipei City, Taiwan

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