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辛亥革命 (san1 hoi6 gaak3 ming6) — Hsinhai Revolution, the Revolution of 1911 that culminated in the fall of the Ch'ing Dynasty (清朝) and the establishment of the Republic of China (中華民國) shortly afterwards in Cantonese

sanˉ¹辛hoiˍ₆亥gaak˗₃革mingˍ₆命
Mandarin Pinyin: xin1 hai4 ge2 ming4

Meaning of 辛亥革命

nounHsinhai Revolution, the Revolution of 1911 that culminated in the fall of the Ch'ing Dynasty (清朝) and the establishment of the Republic of China (中華民國) shortly afterwards

Characters in 辛亥革命

辛san1
pungent; hot (in flavour); acrid
亥hoi6
the hours between 9 and 11 p.m.
革gaak3
get rid of; dismiss; abolish
命ming6
assign (a name, title, etc)

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