- 民主党 Mínzhǔdǎng Democratic Party
- 民主政治 mínzhǔzhèngzhì democracydemocracy as a system of government
- 殖民主义 zhímínzhǔyì colonialism
- 民主主义 mínzhǔzhǔyì democracydemocracy (as an ideology)
- 民主化 mínzhǔhuà democratizationto democratize; democratic transformation
- 民主集中制 mínzhǔjízhōngzhì democratic centralism
- 民主革命 mínzhǔgémìng democratic revolutionA democratic revolution or bourgeois revolution, which in Marxist-Leninist theory serves as a necessary historical stage preceding a proletarian revolution.
- 新民主主义 Xīnmínzhǔzhǔyì new democracyNew Democracy
- 新民主主义革命 Xīn Mínzhǔzhǔyì Gémìng New Democracy(Maoism) New Democracy, also known as the New Democratic Revolution
- 三民主义 Sānmínzhǔyì Three Principles of the PeopleDr Sun Yat-sen's Three Principles of the People (Nationalism, Democracy, and Livelihood), formulated in the late 1890s
- 社会民主党 Shèhuì Mínzhǔdǎng Social Democratic Party
- 民主派 Mínzhǔpài pro-democracy camp(Hong Kong politics) the pro-democracy camp (founded 1987), also known as the pan-democrats
- 新民主主义论 Xīn Mínzhǔzhǔyì Lùn On New DemocracyOn New Democracy (1940), an influential political essay by Mao Zedong
- 自由民主党 Zìyóu Mínzhǔdǎng Liberal Democratic PartyLiberal Democratic Party (of Japan)
- 民主主义者 mínzhǔzhǔyìzhě democrat
- 刚果民主共和国 Gāngguǒ Mínzhǔ Gònghéguó DR CongoDemocratic Republic of Congo
- 民主墙 Mínzhǔqiáng Democracy WallDemocracy Wall in Beijing (1978-1979), and similar bulletin boards used for political expression, such as those in some Hong Kong universities
- 民主党人 mínzhǔdǎngrén DemocratDemocrat (Democratic Party member or supporter)
- 人民民主专政 rénmínmínzhǔzhuānzhèng people's democratic dictatorship
- 民主建港协进联盟 Mínzhǔ Jiàngǎng Xiéjìn Liánméng DABDemocratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), a pro-Beijing political party in Hong Kong
- 中国民主建国会 Zhōngguó Mínzhǔ Jiànguóhuì CDNCAChina Democratic National Construction Association
- 民主进步党 Mínzhǔ Jìnbùdǎng DPPDemocratic Progressive Party, a major political party in Taiwan, often abbreviated as [[民进党|民進黨|Min2 jin4 dang3]]
- 中国民主同盟 Zhōngguó Mínzhǔ Tóngméng China Democratic League
- 中国民主促进会 Zhōngguó Mínzhǔ Cùjìnhuì China Association for Promoting DemocracyChina Association for Promoting Democracy (one of the non-Communist political parties in China)
- 泛民主派 fànmínzhǔpài pan-democratspan-Democratic alliance (Hong Kong)
- 社会民主 shèhuìmínzhǔ social democracy
- 社会民主主义 shèhuìmínzhǔzhǔyì social democracy
- 新殖民主义 xīnzhímínzhǔyì neocolonialism
- 越南民主共和国 Yuènán Mínzhǔ Gònghéguó Democratic Republic of VietnamDemocratic Republic of Vietnam (aka North Vietnam), a country in Southeast Asia from 1945 to 1976
- 德意志民主共和国 Déyìzhì Mínzhǔ Gònghéguó East GermanyGerman Democratic Republic (East Germany), 1945-1990
- 旧民主主义革命 jiùmínzhǔzhǔyìgémìng old democratic revolutionbourgeois revolution serving as a prelude to a proletarian revolution in Marxist-Leninist theory
- 朝鲜民主主义人民共和国 Cháoxiǎn Mínzhǔzhǔyì Rénmín Gònghéguó North KoreaPeople's Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea)
- 基督教民主联盟 Jīdūjiào Mínzhǔ Liánméng Christian Democratic UnionChristian Democratic Union (a major center-right political party in Germany)
- 台湾民主自治同盟 Táiwān Mínzhǔ Zìzhì Tóngméng Taiwanese leagueTaiwan Democratic Self-Government League
- 全国民主联盟 Quánguó Mínzhǔliánméng National League for DemocracyNational League for Democracy (NLD), a major political party in Myanmar