| 公民投票 |
gōng mín tóu piào |
plebiscite / referendum |
| 公 |
gōng |
public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal) |
| 公民 |
gōng mín |
citizen |
| 民 |
Mín |
surname Min |
| 民 |
mín |
(bound form) the people / inhabitants of a country |
| 投 |
tóu |
to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc) / to cast (a ballot) / to cast (a glance, a shadow etc) / to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine) / to send (a letter, a manuscript etc) / to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide) / to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of / (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water |
| 投票 |
tóu piào |
to vote; to cast a vote |
| 票 |
piào |
ticket / ballot / banknote / CL:张 / person held for ransom / amateur performance of Chinese opera / classifier for groups, batches, business transactions |