保皇党 (bǎo huáng dǎng) — royalists; monarchists

Definition

A political faction that supports keeping (or restoring) the monarchy. The example pairs it with 共和派 (republicans), its natural opposite. A formal, mostly historical term.

noun
royalistsmonarchists

Examples

  • 保皇党，。
    Qīng mò de bǎo huáng dǎng zhǔ zhāng jūn zhǔ lì xiàn, fǎn duì bào lì gé mìng.
    The royalists at the end of the Qing dynasty advocated constitutional monarchy and opposed violent revolution.
  • 保皇党。
    Zhè ge guó jiā de bǎo huáng dǎng zhì jīn réng rán yǒu yí dìng yǐng xiǎng lì.
    The royalists in this country still have some influence to this day.
  • ，保皇党。
    Zài lì shǐ yán jiū zhōng, bǎo huáng dǎng yǔ gòng hé pài de chōng tū shì yí gè zhòng yào kè tí.
    In historical research, the conflict between royalists and republicans is an important topic.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

保皇protect the emperor
保bǎoprotect皇huángemperor
动宾Verb + object
党dǎngparty

'保皇' means protecting the emperor, and '党' is a party, so it names a party of royalists.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

保 originally showed a person 人 carrying a child 子 on their back, which led to the sense of protecting.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
𤼽𤼽𤼽
Sound part声符shēngfú
王
王wáng皇huáng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The part 𤼽 originally drew a single peacock feather; 王 was later added to give the sound.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
儿儿érhuman
Sound part声符shēngfú
尚
尚shàng党dǎng
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

党 pairs 尚, giving its sound, with 儿, a human.

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