DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

五權憲法

简五权宪法 · 繁五權憲法

Mandarin · pinyin wǔ quán xiàn fǎ

Sun Yat-sen's Five-power constitution of Republic of China, then of Taiwan
The five courts or 院 yuàn are 行政院 xíng zhèng yuàn Executive yuan, 立法院 lì fǎ yuàn Legislative yuan, 司法院 sī fǎ yuàn Judicial yuan, 考試院 kǎo shì yuàn Examination yuan, 監察院 jiān chá yuàn Control yuan

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

五: wǔ · five; surname
權: Look up this written character
憲: Look up this written character
法: fǎ · law, rule, regulation, statute; France, French
权: quán · power, right, authority
宪: xiàn · constitution, statute, law

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

3–2–4–3 · wu3 quan2 xian4 fa3

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

4character links6source references

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

五權憲法 · find source passages ↗ · 五权宪法 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources 1 Cantonese reading

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ng5 kyun4 hin3 faat3

Cantonese word readings for 五權憲法. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack