Tongmenghui
/tʰʊ̌ŋ mə̌ŋ xwêɪ/noun
A Chinese revolutionary alliance founded in Tokyo in 1905 by Sun Yat-sen and others to overthrow the Qing dynasty.
Did you know?The Tongmenghui emerged from the fusion of earlier anti-Qing groups, including Sun Yat-sen’s Xingzhonghui and Huang Xing’s Huaxinghui, and became a major predecessor of the Kuomintang.
Etymological Timeline
Classical Chinese
Chinese
同
“same, together, united”
Classical Chinese
Chinese
盟
“an alliance or sworn covenant, often established through a formal oath”
Classical Chinese
Chinese
會
“a meeting, association, or organized society”
1905
Mandarin Chinese
同盟會 (Tóngménghuì)
“United League Society; a revolutionary organization founded in Tokyo on 20 August 1905”
1911
Mandarin Chinese
同盟會
“A leading revolutionary force during the uprisings that culminated in the Xinhai Revolution and the fall of the Qing dynasty”
1912
Mandarin Chinese
同盟會
“A principal political predecessor of the reorganized Chinese Nationalist Party, or Kuomintang”