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HSK
citizen
HSK 3
peasant; farmer
HSK 3
the people / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
to immigrate / to migrate / emigrant / immigrant
HSK 4
resident; inhabitant
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
fisherman / fisher folk
HSK 7-9
herdsman
HSK 7-9
netizen; Internet user; online community member
HSK 7-9
voter / constituency / electorate
HSK 7-9
stock investor / share trader
HSK 7-9
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  *民* | 民* | *民
surname Min
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *民* | 民* | *民
(bound form) the people / inhabitants of a country
(slang) shitizen / commoner / hoi polloi
Li Shimin, personal name of second Tang emperor Taizong 唐太宗 (599-649), reigned 626-649
Sanmin district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市, south Taiwan
user-friendly; convenient (for customers, citizens etc)
Xinmin, county-level city in Shenyang 瀋陽|沈阳, Liaoning
villager / (Tw) (Internet slang) person who likes to follow online discussions and add their opinions
indigenous peoples / aborigine
vagrant / vagabond
colony / colonial
entire population (of a country)
(Tw) retired soldier; veteran (abbr. for 榮譽國民|荣誉国民)
villager
Zhou Yumin or Vic Zhou (1981-), Taiwan singer and actor, member of pop group F4
in touch with the people / sensitive to people's needs
Huimin county in Binzhou 濱州|滨州, Shandong
to benefit the people
all the people
army-civilian / military-masses / military-civilian
the multitude of common people (in highbrow literature) / plebeian
people
(idiom) poor people; those who live from hand to mouth
"the four classes" of ancient China, i.e. scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants
Yumin county or Chaghantoqay nahiyisi in Tacheng prefecture 塔城地區|塔城地区, Xinjiang
victim (of a disaster)
ordinary people / commoner / civilian
expatriates
refugee
social stratum below the level of ordinary people / untouchable / dalit (India caste)
smokers
unemployed person / vagrant / rogue
docile subject (of new dynasty) / toady
people living on the frontiers / inhabitants of a border area
(of government policy, noise pollution, crime etc) to make people's lives difficult
people / the masses
to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom)
Aimin district of Mudanjiang city 牡丹江市, Heilongjiang
(derogatory) unruly people
demotion to commoner (idiom)
poor people
refugee
adherent to a religion / convert
a mob of people
unruly people / rebellious subjects / disloyal citizens
recluse / hermit
to make the country rich and the people at peace
the common people / the great unwashed
good people / ordinary people (i.e. not the lowest class)
(lit.) leftover men / (fig.) loyalist adherents of a former dynasty / surviving members of an ethnic group
subject (of a kingdom, ruler etc)
ignorant masses / to keep the people in ignorance
forebears
rebels
the grass roots / the hoi polloi
to rob the state and hurt the people (idiom)
to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom)
people who live and make a living on boats
(Tw) (Internet) troll
Hui ethnic group (Chinese muslims)
see 蜑家
islander
lottery player
Fumin county in Kunming 昆明, Yunnan
to enrich the people
the police and the community
variant of 殖民 / colony
a scoundrel / a villain
a local person / the local population
Lin Hwai-Min (1947-), Taiwanese choreographer and dancer
permanent resident / person with the right to live in a country or territory
Raymond YIP Wai-Man, Hong Kong film director (debut as director: 1994)
for the convenience and benefit of the people (idiom)
working people / the workers of Socialist theory or of the glorious Chinese past
(Tw) retired soldier; veteran
Wang Yongmin (1943-), inventor of the five stroke input method 五筆輸入法|五笔输入法
to benefit thousands of people
students who relocate to another region of China in order to gain an advantage on the college entrance exam
second-class citizen
to benefit both the country and the people
people of all ethnic groups; the peoples (of a nation)
Lü Jiamin (1946-) aka Jiang Rong 姜戎, Chinese writer
merchant
fund investor / (coll.) gay person
Justice Michael Hartmann (1944-), Hong Kong High Court judge
(slang) shitizen / commoner / hoi polloi
ordinary people / the hoi polloi / commoner

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