愚民政策

Chinese

		ignorant people; the ignorant masses; to keep the people ignorant ignorant people; the ignorant masses; to keep the people ignorant; to stultify the masses; to engage in obscurantism	policy
trad. (愚民政策)		愚民	政策
simp. ^#(愚民政策)		愚民	政策

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yúmín zhèngcè

(Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄓㄥˋ ㄘㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ man⁴ zing³ caak³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yúmín zhèngcè
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄓㄥˋ ㄘㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yúmín jhèngcè
  - Wade–Giles: yü²-min² chêng⁴-tsʻê⁴
  - Yale: yú-mín jèng-tsè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yumin jenqtseh
  - Palladius: юйминь чжэнцэ (jujminʹ čžɛncɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵ min³⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyu⁴ man⁴ zing³ caak³
  - Yale: yùh màhn jing chaak
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ man⁴ dzing³ tsaak⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ men⁴ jing³ cag³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ mɐn²¹ t͡sɪŋ³³ t͡sʰaːk̚³/

Noun

愚民政策

policy with the aim of keeping the people ignorant and thus easily subjugated; obscurantism
- 所以皇帝和大臣有「愚民政策」，百姓們也自有其「愚君政策」。 [MSC, trad.]
  所以皇帝和大臣有「愚民政策」，百姓们也自有其「愚君政策」。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: Lu Xun, 《談皇帝》
  Suǒyǐ huángdì hé dàchén yǒu “yúmínzhèngcè”, bǎixìng men yě zìyǒu qí “yú jūn zhèngcè”. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

See also

蒙昧主義／蒙昧主义 (méngmèizhǔyì)

Korean

Hanja in this term
愚	民	政	策

Noun

愚民政策 • (umin jeongchaek) (hangeul 우민 정책)

hanja form^? of 우민 정책 (“obscurantism”)