人民共和國

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Pronunciation

Peng'im: ring5 ming5 gang7 hua5 gog4
POJ: jîng-mîng-kāng-huâ-kok
Variety: chaozhou

Pronunciation note: Realised [dz] ~ [z] ~ [l] depending on speaker and register; many younger speakers merge it with /l/. The cited sources corroborate [dz], relaxing to [z] for younger/overseas speakers; neither attests the further merger to /l/.

Meanings and usage

noun: people's republic, People's Republic of China (elliptical)
人民共和國

人民共和國 can be read either as a generic common noun ('a people's republic') or, elliptically, as shorthand for the People's Republic of China; which sense fits the given reading is unclear.

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