粵

民man4主zyu2

man4 zyu2mín zhǔ

English

  1. democracy
  2. democratic
  3. democracy; democratic system
  4. democratic

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 形容共同體嘅成員享有平等權力,去參與共同體嘅決策;合乎民主嘅
  2. 畀共同體成員平等參與公共決策嘅體制

Examples

  • 爭取民主

    to strive for democracy

  • 直接民主

    direct democracy

  • 間接民主

    indirect democracy; representative democracy

  • 商議式民主

    deliberate democracy

  • 民主萬歲!

    Long live democracy!

  • 一係民主啲,投票決定啦。讚成嘅請舉手。

    Let's be democratic about it and put it to a vote. All in favor, raise your hands!

  • 民主係最差嘅政治制度,除咗其他嘗試過嘅之外。

    Democracy is the worst form of government, except all the others that have been tried.

    Tatoeba · kaenif CC BY

  • 引起國際喺度關注緊香港局勢,亦有可能增加埋對民主運動同人權倡議嘅支持。

    Tatoeba · Davidgo5867 CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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