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the people / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
resident; inhabitant
HSK 4
peasant; farmer
HSK 3
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
independent voter
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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *民* | 民* | *民
surname Min
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *民* | 民* | *民
(bound form) the people / inhabitants of a country
people
villager
herdsman
HSK 7-9
working people / the workers of Socialist theory or of the glorious Chinese past
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)
a local person / the local population
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
to make the country rich and the people at peace
expatriates
(policy jargon) to make life easier and better for the public
ordinary people / the hoi polloi / commoner
stock investor / share trader
HSK 7-9
netizen; Internet user; online community member
HSK 7-9
forebears
entire population (of a country)
(lit.) leftover men / (fig.) loyalist adherents of a former dynasty / surviving members of an ethnic group
army-civilian / military-masses / military-civilian
fund investor / (coll.) gay person
the multitude of common people (in highbrow literature) / plebeian
in touch with the people / sensitive to people's needs
Huimin county in Binzhou 濱州|滨州, Shandong
to benefit the people
lottery player
voter / constituency / electorate
HSK 7-9
to rob the state and hurt the people (idiom)
indigenous peoples / aborigine
Fumin county in Kunming 昆明, Yunnan
to enrich the people
Jiang Zemin (1926–2022), politician, president of PRC 1993–2003
people who live and make a living on boats
villager / (Tw) (Internet slang) person who likes to follow online discussions and add their opinions
grassroots netizens
(Tw) (Internet) troll
smokers
(slang) shitizen / commoner / hoi polloi
(slang) shitizen / commoner / hoi polloi
a mob of people
(Tw) retired soldier; veteran
victim (of a disaster)
refugee
people living on the frontiers / inhabitants of a border area
(idiom) poor people; those who live from hand to mouth
merchant
(derogatory) unruly people
refugee
unemployed person / vagrant / rogue
subject (of a kingdom, ruler etc)
a scoundrel / a villain
"the four classes" of ancient China, i.e. scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants
Raymond YIP Wai-Man, Hong Kong film director (debut as director: 1994)
adherent to a religion / convert
students who relocate to another region of China in order to gain an advantage on the college entrance exam
to benefit both the country and the people
ordinary people / commoner / civilian
ignorant masses / to keep the people in ignorance
postcolonial
digital nomad
to benefit the people
investment immigration / immigrant investor
Justice Michael Hartmann (1944-), Hong Kong High Court judge
the common people / the great unwashed
to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom)
colony / colonial
all the people
people / the masses
see 蜑家
recluse / hermit
(Tw) retired soldier; veteran (abbr. for 榮譽國民|荣誉国民)
(of government policy, noise pollution, crime etc) to make people's lives difficult
to benefit thousands of people
docile subject (of new dynasty) / toady
demotion to commoner (idiom)
vagrant / vagabond
to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom)
good people / ordinary people (i.e. not the lowest class)
poor people
immigration
rebels
Lü Jiamin (1946-) aka Jiang Rong 姜戎, Chinese writer
islander

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