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the people / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
citizen
HSK 3
peasant; farmer
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
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
herdsman
HSK 7-9
voter / constituency / electorate
HSK 7-9
fisherman / fisher folk
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *民* | 民* | *民
surname Min
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *民* | 民* | *民
(bound form) the people / inhabitants of a country
(slang) shitizen / commoner / hoi polloi
entire population (of a country)
to benefit the people
(of government policy, noise pollution, crime etc) to make people's lives difficult
Hui ethnic group (Chinese muslims)
vagrant / vagabond
colony / colonial
investment immigration / immigrant investor
ignorant masses / to keep the people in ignorance
refugee
villager
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
Huimin county in Binzhou 濱州|滨州, Shandong
to benefit the people
all the people
the police and the community
(derogatory) unruly people
people
refugee
subject (of a kingdom, ruler etc)
Yumin county or Chaghantoqay nahiyisi in Tacheng prefecture 塔城地區|塔城地区, Xinjiang
forebears
lottery player
Aimin district of Mudanjiang city 牡丹江市, Heilongjiang
the multitude of common people (in highbrow literature) / plebeian
victim (of a disaster)
expatriates
the grass roots / the hoi polloi
social stratum below the level of ordinary people / untouchable / dalit (India caste)
poor people
to benefit both the country and the people
in touch with the people / sensitive to people's needs
smokers
villager / (Tw) (Internet slang) person who likes to follow online discussions and add their opinions
(lit.) leftover men / (fig.) loyalist adherents of a former dynasty / surviving members of an ethnic group
islander
Raymond YIP Wai-Man, Hong Kong film director (debut as director: 1994)
good people / ordinary people (i.e. not the lowest class)
people living on the frontiers / inhabitants of a border area
recluse / hermit
to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom)
docile subject (of new dynasty) / toady
people who live and make a living on boats
rebels
Li Shimin, personal name of second Tang emperor Taizong 唐太宗 (599-649), reigned 626-649
Jiang Zemin (1926-2022), politician, president of PRC 1993-2003
indigenous peoples / aborigine
"the four classes" of ancient China, i.e. scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants
ordinary people / the hoi polloi / commoner
adherent to a religion / convert
variant of 殖民 / colony
a scoundrel / a villain
unruly people / rebellious subjects / disloyal citizens
Zhou Yumin or Vic Zhou (1981-), Taiwan singer and actor, member of pop group F4
a local person / the local population
(Tw) retired soldier; veteran (abbr. for 榮譽國民|荣誉国民)
people / the masses
fund investor / (coll.) gay person
(idiom) poor people; those who live from hand to mouth
Wang Yongmin (1943-), inventor of the five stroke input method 五筆輸入法|五笔输入法
(policy jargon) to make life easier and better for the public
(Tw) (Internet) troll
Sanmin district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市, south Taiwan
Lü Jiamin (1946-) aka Jiang Rong 姜戎, Chinese writer
merchant
ordinary people / commoner / civilian
Lin Hwai-Min (1947-), Taiwanese choreographer and dancer
to make the country rich and the people at peace
postcolonial
(Tw) retired soldier; veteran
see 蜑家
to rob the state and hurt the people (idiom)
second-class citizen
demotion to commoner (idiom)
working people / the workers of Socialist theory or of the glorious Chinese past
people of all ethnic groups; the peoples (of a nation)
Justice Michael Hartmann (1944-), Hong Kong High Court judge
(slang) shitizen / commoner / hoi polloi
digital nomad
a mob of people
permanent resident / person with the right to live in a country or territory

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