兩黨制

Chinese

		both; two; ounce both; two; ounce; some; a few; tael	party; association; club party; association; club; society	system; to make; to manufacture system; to make; to manufacture; to control; to regulate
trad. (兩黨制)		兩	黨	制
simp. (两党制)		两	党	制

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liǎngdǎngzhì
(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄉㄤˇ ㄓˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): loeng⁵ dong² zai³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: liǎngdǎngzhì [Phonetic: liángdǎngzhì]
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄤˇ ㄉㄤˇ ㄓˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: liǎngdǎngjhìh
  - Wade–Giles: liang³-tang³-chih⁴
  - Yale: lyǎng-dǎng-jr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leangdaangjyh
  - Palladius: лянданчжи (ljandančži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ljɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: loeng⁵ dong² zai³
  - Yale: léuhng dóng jai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: loeng⁵ dong² dzai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: lêng⁵ dong² zei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lœːŋ¹³ tɔːŋ³⁵ t͡sɐi̯³³/

Noun

兩黨制

(politics) bipartisan system; two-party system
美國政壇由民主黨和共和黨主導，而其他黨派則幾乎沒有政治影響力，屬於典型的兩黨制。 [MSC, trad.]
美国政坛由民主党和共和党主导，而其他党派则几乎没有政治影响力，属于典型的两党制。 [MSC, simp.]
Měiguó zhèngtán yóu mínzhǔdǎng hé gònghédǎng zhǔdǎo, ér qítā dǎngpài zé jǐhū méiyǒu zhèngzhì yǐngxiǎnglì, shǔyú diǎnxíng de liǎngdǎngzhì. [Pinyin]
American politics is dominated by Democratic Party and Republican Party, while other political parties have almost no political influence, which is a typical bipartisan (political) system
- 他們要求實行西方的兩黨制，這一黨在臺上，那一黨在臺下。但是這種所謂兩黨制不過是維護資產階級專政的一種方法，它絕不能保障勞動人民的自由權利。 [MSC, trad.]
  他们要求实行西方的两党制，这一党在台上，那一党在台下。但是这种所谓两党制不过是维护资产阶级专政的一种方法，它绝不能保障劳动人民的自由权利。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1957, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《關於正確處理人民內部矛盾的問題》 (On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
  Tāmen yāoqiú shíxíng xīfāng de liǎngdǎngzhì, zhè yī dǎng zài tái shàng, nà yī dǎng zài tái xià. Dànshì zhè zhǒng suǒwèi liǎngdǎngzhì bùguò shì wéihù zīchǎn jiējí zhuānzhèng de yī zhǒng fāngfǎ, tā jué bùnéng bǎozhàng láodòng rénmín de zìyóu quánlì. [Pinyin]
  They ask for a two-party system as in the West, with one party in office and the other in opposition. But this so-called two-party system is nothing but a device for maintaining the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie; it can never guarantee freedoms to the working people.