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peasant; farmer
HSK 3
the people / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
resident; inhabitant
HSK 4
citizen
HSK 3
nationals / citizens / people of a nation
HSK 5
to immigrate / to migrate / emigrant / immigrant
HSK 4
city resident
HSK 6
fisherman / fisher folk
HSK 7-9
smokers
ordinary people; commoner (contrasted with the privileged) / civilian (contrasted with the military)
HSK 7-9
Zhou Yumin or Vic Zhou (1981-), Taiwan singer and actor, member of pop group F4
netizen; Internet user; online community member
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *民* | 民* | *民
surname Min
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *民* | 民* | *民
(bound form) the people / inhabitants of a country
working people / the workers of Socialist theory or of the glorious Chinese past
voter / constituency / electorate
HSK 7-9
people
villager
to benefit both the country and the people
herdsman
HSK 7-9
in touch with the people / sensitive to people's needs
Wang Yongmin (1943-), inventor of the five stroke input method 五筆輸入法|五笔输入法
user-friendly; convenient (for customers, citizens etc)
army-civilian / military-masses / military-civilian
all the people
Li Shimin, personal name of second Tang emperor Taizong 唐太宗 (599-649), reigned 626-649
Hui ethnic group (Chinese muslims)
people of all ethnic groups; the peoples (of a nation)
second-class citizen
(of government policy, noise pollution, crime etc) to make people's lives difficult
(policy jargon) to make life easier and better for the public
ordinary people / the hoi polloi / commoner
stock investor / share trader
HSK 7-9
expatriates
forebears
entire population (of a country)
rebels
investment immigration / immigrant investor
fund investor / (coll.) gay person
the multitude of common people (in highbrow literature) / plebeian
Huimin county in Binzhou 濱州|滨州, Shandong
to benefit the people
lottery player
villager / (Tw) (Internet slang) person who likes to follow online discussions and add their opinions
poor people
Jiang Zemin (1926–2022), politician, president of PRC 1993–2003
indigenous peoples / aborigine
Fumin county in Kunming 昆明, Yunnan
to enrich the people
victim (of a disaster)
people who live and make a living on boats
digital nomad
demotion to commoner (idiom)
(Tw) (Internet) troll
refugee
(slang) shitizen / commoner / hoi polloi
(slang) shitizen / commoner / hoi polloi
a mob of people
(idiom) poor people; those who live from hand to mouth
unemployed person / vagrant / rogue
a local person / the local population
merchant
(derogatory) unruly people
refugee
subject (of a kingdom, ruler etc)
a scoundrel / a villain
to make the country rich and the people at peace
"the four classes" of ancient China, i.e. scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants
adherent to a religion / convert
vagrant / vagabond
people living on the frontiers / inhabitants of a border area
students who relocate to another region of China in order to gain an advantage on the college entrance exam
social stratum below the level of ordinary people / untouchable / dalit (India caste)
ordinary people / commoner / civilian
to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom)
ignorant masses / to keep the people in ignorance
(Tw) retired soldier; veteran
islander
(Tw) retired soldier; veteran (abbr. for 榮譽國民|荣誉国民)
to benefit thousands of people
docile subject (of new dynasty) / toady
to benefit the people
Justice Michael Hartmann (1944-), Hong Kong High Court judge
the common people / the great unwashed
postcolonial
colony / colonial
Lü Jiamin (1946-) aka Jiang Rong 姜戎, Chinese writer
people / the masses
to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom)
grassroots netizens
(lit.) leftover men / (fig.) loyalist adherents of a former dynasty / surviving members of an ethnic group
see 蜑家
recluse / hermit
Lin Hwai-Min (1947-), Taiwanese choreographer and dancer
independent voter
Raymond YIP Wai-Man, Hong Kong film director (debut as director: 1994)
immigration

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