順民
Chinese
to obey; to follow; to arrange to obey; to follow; to arrange; to make reasonable; along; favourable |
the people; nationality; citizen | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (順民) | 順 | 民 | |
| simp. (顺民) | 顺 | 民 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: shùnmín
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄣˋ ㄇㄧㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shùnmín
- Wade–Giles: shun4-min2
- Yale: shwùn-mín
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuennmin
- Palladius: шуньминь (šunʹminʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂu̯ən⁵¹ min³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: seon6 man4
- Yale: seuhn màhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: soen6 man4
- Guangdong Romanization: sên6 men4
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɵn²² mɐn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sūn-bîn
- Tâi-lô: sūn-bîn
- Phofsit Daibuun: suxnbiin
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /sun²²⁻²¹ bin¹³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /sun⁴¹⁻²² bin²⁴/
- IPA (Xiamen): /sun²²⁻²¹ bin²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
Noun
順民
- (derogatory) docile citizens (especially under a new regime, alien rulers, etc.)
- 1938, T. F. Tsiang, chapter 4, in 中國近代史 [Modern Chinese History], page 121:
- 工商界及學界的人何以不起來反對軍閥呢？他們在專制政體下作了幾千年的順民，不知道什麼是民權，忽然要他們起來作國家的主人翁，好像一個不會游水的人，要在海洋的大波濤之中去游泳，勢非淹死不可。 [MSC, trad.]
- Gōngshāngjiè jí xuéjiè de rén héyǐ bù qǐlái fǎnduì jūnfá ne? Tāmen zài zhuānzhìzhèngtǐ xià zuò le jǐ qiānnián de shùnmín, bù zhīdào shénme shì mínquán, hūrán yào tāmen qǐlái zuò guójiā de zhǔrénwēng, hǎoxiàng yīge bùhuì yóushuǐ de rén, yào zài hǎiyáng de dà bōtāo zhīzhōng qù yóuyǒng, shì fēi yānsǐ bùkě. [Pinyin]
- Why didn't people in the industrial, commercial and academic sectors rise up against the warlords? They have been submissive subjects under the dictatorship for thousands of years and know nothing about civil rights. Asking them to rise up and become the masters of the country is tantamount to pushing a nonswimmer to swim in the big waves of the ocean—he is bound to drown.
工商界及学界的人何以不起来反对军阀呢？他们在专制政体下作了几千年的顺民，不知道什么是民权，忽然要他们起来作国家的主人翁，好像一个不会游水的人，要在海洋的大波涛之中去游泳，势非淹死不可。 [MSC, simp.]
Verb
順民