基民党

基民黨

Jīmíndǎng

popculture

Meanings

1 Christian Democratic Party (esp. Germany's CDU)

Characters

Christian (short for 基督教)

democratic (short for 民主)

Examples

默克尔曾长期担任德国基民党的主席。

Mòkè'ěr céng chángqī dānrèn Déguó Jīmíndǎng de zhǔxí.

Merkel served as chair of Germany's Christian Democratic Union for many years.

基民党是德国主要的中右翼政党。

Jīmíndǎng shì Déguó zhǔyào de zhōng-yòuyì zhèngdǎng.

The CDU is Germany's main center-right political party.

Tips

usage

Abbreviation of 基督教民主党 (Jīdūjiào Mínzhǔdǎng, Christian Democratic Party). 基 (Christian) + 民 (democratic) + 党 (party). In Chinese news this almost always refers to the German CDU; the Bavarian sister party CSU is 基社盟.

Stroke Order

基 jī

民 mín

党 dǎng