The Constitution - Basic Rights III

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The following articles of the Constitution enunciate certain rights guaranteed by the people of the ROC.

Article

第 5 條

中華民國各民族一律平等。

Article 5

There shall be equality among the various racial groups in the Republic of China.

第 7 條

中華民國人民，無分男女、宗教、種族、階級、黨派，在法律上一律平等。

Article 7

All citizens of the Republic of China, irrespective of sex, religion, race, class, or party affiliation, shall be equal before the law.

第 10 條

人民有居住及遷徙之自由。

Article 10

The people shall have freedom of residence and of change of residence.

第 11 條

人民有言論、講學、著作及出版之自由。

Article 11

The people shall have freedom of speech, teaching, writing and publication.

第 12 條

人民有秘密通訊之自由。

Article 12

The people shall have freedom of privacy of correspondence.

第 13 條

人民有信仰宗教之自由。

Article 13

The people shall have freedom of religious belief.

第 14 條

人民有集會及結社之自由。

Article 14

The people shall have freedom of assembly and association.

Vocabulary

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中華民國 [Zhōnghuámínguó] /Republic of China/

各 [gè] /each/every/

民族 [mínzú] /nationality/ethnic group/

一律 [yīlü] /(adj) same; uniform/(adj) all; without exception/

平等 [píngděng] /equality/equal/

7

人民 [rénmín] /(the) people/

無 [wú] /-less/not to have/no/none/not/to lack/un-/

分 [fēn] /to divide/minute/

男女 [nánnü] /male-female/

宗教 [zōngjiào] /religion/

種族 [zhǒngzú] /race/ethnicity/

階級 [jiējí] /(social) class/

黨派 [dǎngpài] /partisan/political party related/

在 [zài] /at/in/

法律上 [fǎlüshàng] /legal/de jure/

10

有 [yǒu] /to have/there is/there are/

居住 [jūzhù] /reside/be a resident (of)/

及 [jí] /and/

遷徙 [qiānxǐ] /to migrate/to move/

之 [zhī] /(literary equivalent of 的)/

自由 [zìyóu] /freedom/free/liberty/

11

言論 [yánlùn] /expression of (political) opinion/

講學 [jiǎngxué] /teach/teaching/

著作 [zhùzuò] /literary work/writings/to write/

出版 [chūbǎn] /to publish/to come off the press/to put out/

之 [zhī] /(literary equivalent of 的)/

12

秘密 [mìmì] /secret/

通訊 [tōngxùn] /communications/a news story (e.g. dispatched over the wire)/

13

信仰 [xìnyǎng] /firm belief/conviction/

宗教 [zōngjiào] /religion/

14

集會 [jíhuì] /gather/assembly/meeting/

結社 [jiēshè] /association/