Explanations on the Names of the Two Chinese Governments

中华民国 (Zhong Hua Min Guo): Republic of China

中华人民共和国 (Zhong Hua Ren Min Gong He Guo): People's Republic of China

中华 (Zhong Hua): the eulogistic and literary name of "China"

民 (Min): people, a more literary, somewhat ancient, form

人民 (Ren Min): people, a more commonly used form

国 (Guo): country

共和国 (Gong He Guo): republic

民国 (Min Guo): the Chinese word used for the name of a republic when the republic of China was founded in 1912. So "民国" also means "republic," and has been specifically used for the Republic of China

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