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黨: association; party; gang

By October 27, 2015January 16th, 2017Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

黨 [铭] dǎng

noun
: party; association; club; society; gang; faction

Kun Reading

党 | なかま nakama

noun
: party, faction, clique

On Reading

党 | とう tou

noun
: party (political)
: faction; -ite

 Usage:

黨[党]員 dang3yuan2: political party member [党員 | とういん touin: party member]
黨[党]派 dang3pai4: political party; faction [党派 | とうは touha: faction]
黨[党]委 dang3wei3: Party committee
黨[党]性 dang3xing4: the spirit or character of a political party
黨[党]章 dang3zhang1: party constitution
政黨[党] zheng4dang3: political party [政党 | せいとう seitou: political party]
共產黨 [共产党] gong4chan3 dang3: Communist Party
國民黨 [国民党] guo2min2 dang3: Guomindang or Kuomintang (KMT); Nationalist Party
[国民党 | こくみんとう kokumintou: (Abbreviation) Constitutional Nationalist Party (1910-1922)
: Guomindang (Chinese Nationalist Party); Kuomintang]
一黨[党] yi1dang3: one party (state) [一党 | いっとう ittou: party; clique]
亂黨 [乱党] luan4dang3: the rebel party
死黨[党] si3dang3: best friends; inseparable sidekick; die-hard followers



Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom
一族郎党 | いちぞくろうとう ichizoku routou
: (yoji) one’s family and followers; one’s whole clan



Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
狐群狗黨 [狐群狗党] hu2 qun2 gou3 dang3
: a skulk of foxes, a pack of dogs; a gang of rogues

 Etymology:


形声 Pictophonetic.
(hei1: black) suggests the meaning while
(shang4: still; value) provides the sound.



簡體 Simplified.
党. Created as generic character simplification #24 (黨 » 党).



 Examples:
none applicable

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary