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法治

法治

Chinese

		law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)	to rule; to govern; to manage to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); cure; treatment; to heal
simp. and trad. (法治)		法	治

Noun

法治

rule of law

Antonyms

人治 (rénzhì)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): fǎzhì

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄚˇ ㄓˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faat³ zi⁶
Min Nan (POJ): hoat-tī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: fǎzhì
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˇ ㄓˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faajyh
  - IPA ^(key): /fa̠²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    
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    法制
    法治
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: faat³ zi⁶
  - Yale: faat jih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faat⁸ dzi⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /fɑːt̚³ t͡siː²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoat-tī
  - Tâi-lô: huat-tī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoatdi
  - IPA (Xiamen): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ ti²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /huat̚⁵⁻²⁴ ti⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /huat̚³²⁻⁵ ti²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ ti³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /huat̚³²⁻⁴ ti³³/