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民

mín

HSK 4 Character

What 民 means

1. bound formthe people
2. inhabitants of a country

Other readings

民 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Mínsurname Min

Example sentences

• 民以食为天。
  Food is what matters to people.
• 什么是民主？
  What's democracy?
• 我们相信民主。
  We believe in democracy.
• 民主支持自由。
  Democracy encourages freedom.
• 我是世界公民。
  I'm a citizen of the world.
• 火星将被殖民。
  Mars will be colonized.

Words starting with 民

• 民族mín zúnationality; ethnic group
• 民主mín zhǔdemocracy; democratic
• 民间mín jiānamong the people; popular; folk
• 民用mín yòng(for) civilian use
• 民众mín zhòngthe populace; the masses; the common people
• 民警mín jǐngcivil police; PRC police; abbr. for 人民警察
• 民工mín gōngmigrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work)…
• 民国Mín guóRepublic of China (1912-1949); used in Taiwan as the name of the calendar era…
• 民营mín yíngprivately run (i.e. by a company, not the state)
• 民运mín yùncivil transport; movement aimed at the masses; democracy movement (abbr.)
• 民俗mín súpopular custom
• 民意mín yìpublic opinion; popular will; public will
• 民歌mín gēfolk song
• 民事mín shìcivil case; agricultural affairs; civil
• 民办mín bànrun by the local people; privately operated
• 民进Mín jìnChina Association for Promoting Democracy (abbr. for 中国民主促进会
• 民族主义mín zú zhǔ yìnationalism; national self-determination; principle of nationalism, the first of Dr Sun…
• 民生mín shēngpeople's livelihood; people's welfare
• 民居mín jūhouses; homes
• 民兵mín bīngpeople's militia; militia; militiaman
• 民谣mín yáoballad; folk song
• 民心mín xīnpopular sentiment
• 民主党Mín zhǔ dǎngDemocratic Party
• 民航mín hángcivil aviation

Words containing 民

• 人民rén mínthe people
• 人民币rén mín bìRenminbi, the official currency of the PRC (currency codes: RMB or CNY)
• 农民nóng mínpeasant; farmer
• 移民yí mínto immigrate; to migrate; emigrant
• 公民gōng míncitizen
• 殖民地zhí mín dìcolony
• 渔民yú mínfisherman; fisher folk
• 居民jū mínresident; inhabitant
• 市民shì míncity resident; townspeople
• 村民cūn mínvillager
• 江泽民Jiāng Zé mínJiang Zemin (1926–2022), politician, president of PRC 1993–2003
• 国民党Guó mín dǎngGuomindang or Kuomintang (KMT); Nationalist Party
• 国民guó mínnationals; citizens; people of a nation
• 中华民族Zhōng huá mín zúthe Chinese nation; the Chinese people…
• 平民píng mínordinary people; commoner (contrasted with the privileged)…
• 人民日报Rén mín Rì bàoPeople's Daily (PRC newspaper)
• 少数民族shǎo shù mín zúethnic minority
• 农民工nóng mín gōngmigrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work)
• 难民nàn mínrefugee
• 全民quán mínentire population; all the people (of a country or society)
• 中华民国Zhōng huá Mín guóRepublic of China
• 选民xuǎn mínvoter; constituency; electorate
• 国民经济guó mín jīng jìnational economy
• 人民政府rén mín zhèng fǔpeople's government

Characters that look like 民

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 风fēngwind; news; style
• 氏shì(bound form) family name; surname (as in 王氏; (bound form) maiden name; née…
• 戎rónggeneric term for weapons (old); army (matters); military affairs
• 夙sùmorning; early; long-held
• 尻kāo(literary) buttocks; rump; coccyx; sacrum
• 旯láused in 旮旯

Sounds the same

Read mín, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 玟jade-like stone
• 珉jade-like stone
• 岷name of a river in Sichuan
• 旻heaven
• 缗cord; fishing-line; string of coins
• 痻to be ill
• 罠animal trap
• 旼gentle and affable
• 姄(used in female given names) (old)
• 忞to encourage oneself
• 暋unhappy; worried; depressed
• 苠multitude; skin of bamboo