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the people / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
among the people / popular / folk / non-governmental / involving people rather than governments
HSK 3
citizen
HSK 3
nationality; ethnic group / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
Renminbi (RMB) / Chinese Yuan (CNY)
HSK 3
peasant; farmer
HSK 3
the Chinese nation / the Chinese people (collective reference to all the ethnic groups in China)
HSK 3
resident; inhabitant
HSK 4
to immigrate / to migrate / emigrant / immigrant
HSK 4
nationals / citizens / people of a nation
HSK 5
city resident
HSK 6
civil police / PRC police / abbr. for 人民警察
HSK 6
public opinion / popular will / public will
HSK 6
migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work) / temporary worker enlisted on a public project
HSK 6
folk song / CL: ,
HSK 6
democracy / democratic
HSK 6
popular custom
HSK 7-9
ordinary people; commoner (contrasted with the privileged) / civilian (contrasted with the military)
HSK 7-9
stock investor / share trader
HSK 7-9
netizen; Internet user; online community member
HSK 7-9
(for) civilian use
HSK 7-9
herdsman
HSK 7-9
voter / constituency / electorate
HSK 7-9
migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work)
HSK 7-9
apartment building / residential tower
HSK 7-9
the populace; the masses; the common people
HSK 7-9
run by the local people / privately operated
HSK 7-9
fisherman / fisher folk
HSK 7-9
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(bound form) the people / inhabitants of a country
(slang) shitizen / commoner / hoi polloi
entire population (of a country)
democracy (as a system of government)
Huimin county in Binzhou 濱州|滨州, Shandong
privately run (i.e. by a company, not the state)
to benefit the people
online version of the People's Daily, 人民日報|人民日报
civil administration
(of government policy, noise pollution, crime etc) to make people's lives difficult
Hui ethnic group (Chinese muslims)
civil aviation
civil code
ethnic minority
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
colony / colonial
the people's livelihood is reduced to destitution (idiom); a time of famine and impoverishment
investment immigration / immigrant investor
ignorant masses / to keep the people in ignorance
people's livelihood / people's welfare
refugee
villager
(orthographic borrowing from Japanese 民宿 "minshuku") property rented via Airbnb or similar platform; guesthouse; bed-and-breakfast; homestay; pension
people's militia / militia / militiaman
people's democratic dictatorship
Fumin county in Kunming 昆明, Yunnan
to enrich the people
user-friendly; convenient (for customers, citizens etc)
Xinmin, county-level city in Shenyang 瀋陽|沈阳, Liaoning
army-civilian / military-masses / military-civilian
civil law
ballad / folk song
Guomindang or Kuomintang (KMT) / Nationalist Party
Huimin county in Binzhou 濱州|滨州, Shandong
to benefit the people
vagrant / vagabond
civil case / agricultural affairs / civil
all the people
the police and the community
Minfeng County in Hotan Prefecture 和田地區|和田地区, Xinjiang
circumstances of the people / popular sentiment / the mood of the people / popular customs
(derogatory) unruly people
China Association for Promoting Democracy (abbr. for 中國民主促進會|中国民主促进会)
people
house / people's homes
refugee
Minyue county in Zhangye 張掖|张掖, Gansu
folk music, esp. for traditional instruments
subject (of a kingdom, ruler etc)
Yumin county or Chaghantoqay nahiyisi in Tacheng prefecture 塔城地區|塔城地区, Xinjiang
Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA) of the PRC
forebears
lottery player
Aimin district of Mudanjiang city 牡丹江市, Heilongjiang
Minqin county in Wuwei 武威, Gansu
the multitude of common people (in highbrow literature) / plebeian
victim (of a disaster)
civil transport / movement aimed at the masses / democracy movement (abbr.)
expatriates
the grass roots / the hoi polloi
(idiom) to rid the people of a scourge
opinion poll
Minquan county in Shangqiu 商丘, Henan
civil liberties
(idiom) the people have no way to make a living (from Records of the Grand Historian 史記|史记)
China Democratic League (political party) / abbr. for 中國民主同盟|中国民主同盟
social stratum below the level of ordinary people / untouchable / dalit (India caste)
poor people
to benefit both the country and the people
the country prospers, the people at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity
in touch with the people / sensitive to people's needs

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