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Mandarin mín
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Sijiao 7774.7
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民 mín (bound form) the people / inhabitants of a country
Results beginning with 民
民族 mín zú nationality / ethnic group / CL:個|个[ge4]
民主 mín zhǔ democracy / democratic
民间 mín jiān among the people / popular / folk / non-governmental / involving people rather than governments
民营 mín yíng privately run (i.e. by a company, not the state)
民事 mín shì civil case / agricultural affairs / civil
民警 mín jǐng civil police / PRC police / abbr. for 人民警察
民众 mín zhòng the populace / the masses / the common people
民国 Mín guó Republic of China (1912-1949) / used in Taiwan as the name of the calendar era (e.g. 民國六十年|民国六十年 / is 1971, the 60th year after 1911)
民工 mín gōng migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work) / temporary worker enlisted on a public project
民航 mín háng civil aviation
民俗 mín sú popular custom
民用 mín yòng (for) civilian use
民办 mín bàn run by the local people / privately operated
民意 mín yì public opinion / popular will / public will
民生 mín shēng people's livelihood / people's welfare
民政 mín zhèng civil administration
民歌 mín gē folk song / CL:支[zhi1],首[shou3]
民心 mín xīn popular sentiment
民谣 mín yáo ballad / folk song
民法 mín fǎ civil law
民兵 mín bīng people's militia / militia / militiaman
民居 mín jū houses / homes
民乐 mín yuè folk music, esp. for traditional instruments
民风 mín fēng popular customs / folkways / the character of the people of a nation (or region etc)
民宅 mín zhái house / people's homes
民情 mín qíng circumstances of the people / popular sentiment / the mood of the people / popular customs
民房 mín fáng private house
民权 mín quán civil liberties
民调 mín diào opinion poll
民盟 Mín Méng China Democratic League (political party) / abbr. for 中國民主同盟|中国民主同盟
民选 mín xuǎn democratically elected
民女 mín nu:3 woman from an ordinary family
民愤 mín fèn public outrage
民防 mín fáng civil defence
民怨 mín yuàn popular grievance / complaints of the people
民运 mín yùn civil transport / movement aimed at the masses / democracy movement (abbr.)
民变 mín biàn mass uprising / popular revolt / civil commotion
民谚 mín yàn folk saying / proverb
民爆 mín bào civil explosives
民丰 Mín fēng Minfeng County in Hotan Prefecture 和田地區|和田地区[He2 tian2 Di4 qu1], Xinjiang
民和 Mín hé Minhe Hui and Tu autonomous county in Haidong prefecture 海東地區|海东地区[Hai3 dong1 di4 qu1], Qinghai
民家 mín jiā minka / commoner's house / Bai ethnic group
民科 mín kē pseudoscientist / crank / crackpot (abbr. for 民間科學家|民间科学家)
民企 mín qǐ privately-operated enterprise (abbr. for 民營企業|民营企业[min2 ying2 qi3 ye4])
民勤 Mín qín Minqin county in Wuwei 武威[Wu3 wei1], Gansu
民宿 mín sù (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 民宿 / "minshuku") property rented via Airbnb or similar platform / guesthouse / bed-and-breakfast / homestay / pension
民庭 mín tíng civil court
民团 mín tuán civil corps / militia
民雄 Mín xióng Minxiong or Minhsiung Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 Xian4], west Taiwan
民资 mín zī private capital
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民进党 Mín jìn dǎng DPP (Democratic Progressive Party, Taiwan) / abbr. for 民主進步黨|民主进步党
民政局 mín zhèng jú Bureau of Civil Affairs
民主党 Mín zhǔ dǎng Democratic Party
民政部 Mín zhèng bù Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA) of the PRC
民主化 mín zhǔ huà to convert to democracy / democratic transformation
民族学 mín zú xué ethnology / anthropology
民政厅 mín zhèng tīng provincial department of civil affairs
民法典 mín fǎ diǎn civil code
民营化 mín yíng huà privatization
民俗学 mín sú xué folklore
民建联 mín jiàn lián Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), a pro-Beijing political party in Hong Kong (abbr. for 民主建港協進聯盟|民主建港协进联盟[Min2 zhu3 Jian4 gang3 Xie2 jin4 Lian2 meng2])
民间舞 mín jiān wǔ folk dance
民防军  Popular Defence Forces
民族院  Amyothar Hluttaw
民警科  Civilian Police Section
民警司  Civilian Police Division
民防队  Civil Defence Unit
民粹派 Mín cuì pài the Narodniks, Russian populist group in the 19th century
民丰县 Mín fēng xiàn Minfeng County in Hotan Prefecture 和田地區|和田地区[He2 tian2 Di4 qu1], Xinjiang
民歌手 mín gē shǒu folk singer
民和县 Mín hé xiàn Minhe Hui and Tu autonomous county in Haidong prefecture 海東地區|海东地区[Hai3 dong1 di4 qu1], Qinghai
民警股 mín jǐng gǔ Civilian Police Unit
民勤县 Mín qín xiàn Minqin county in Wuwei 武威[Wu3 wei1], Gansu
民权县 Mín quán xiàn Minquan county in Shangqiu 商丘[Shang1 qiu1], Henan
民数记 Mín shù jì Book of Numbers / Fourth Book of Moses
民雄乡 Mín xióng xiāng Minxiong or Minhsiung Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 Xian4], west Taiwan
民用化 mín yòng huà civilianization
民乐县 Mín yuè xiàn Minyue county in Zhangye 張掖|张掖[Zhang1 ye4], Gansu
民政股 mín zhèng gǔ Civil Affairs Unit
民政官 mín zhèng guān Civil Affairs Officer
民政科 mín zhèng kē Civil Affairs Section
民主派 mín zhǔ pài (Hong Kong politics) the pro-democracy camp (founded 1987), aka the pan-democrats
民主墙 mín zhǔ qiáng Democracy Wall, Beijing (1978-1979), and bulletin boards inspired by it, in some Hong Kong universities
民族志 mín zú zhì ethnography
民族团结 mín zú tuán jié national unity
民族文化 mín zú wén huà ethnic culture
民事诉讼 mín shì sù sòng common plea / civil appeal (as opposed to criminal case)
民族主义 mín zú zhǔ yì nationalism / national self-determination / principle of nationalism, the first of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 / Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 / (at the time, meaning parity between China and the great powers) / racism
民事责任 mín shì zé rèn civil liability (law)
民主政治 mín zhǔ zhèng zhì democracy / democratic
民间组织 mín jiān zǔ zhī association / organization / humanitarian organization / NGO
民航总局 mín háng zǒng jú General Civil Aviation Authority
民主主义 mín zhǔ zhǔ yì democracy
民族大学 Mín zú Dà xué University for Nationalities (university of ethnic studies)
民间艺术 mín jiān yì shù folk art
民族英雄 mín zú yīng xióng national hero
民间传说 mín jiān chuán shuō popular tradition / folk legend
民不聊生 mín bù liáo shēng The people have no way to make a living (idiom, from Record of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4]) / no way of getting by
民主革命 mín zhǔ gé mìng democratic revolution / bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution)
民间故事 mín jiān gù shi folk story / folktale
民怨沸腾 mín yuàn fèi téng seething discontent (idiom) / popular grievances boil over
民穷财尽 mín qióng cái jìn the people are impoverished, their means exhausted (idiom) / to drive the nation to bankruptcy
民权主义 mín quán zhǔ yì democracy / civil liberties / principle of democracy, the second of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 / Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 / (at the time, meaning widespread popular involvement in affairs of state)
民生凋敝 mín shēng diāo bì the people's livelihood is reduced to destitution (idiom) / a time of famine and impoverishment
民生主义 mín shēng zhǔ yì principle of people's livelihood, the third of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 / Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 / (at the time, meaning redistribution of wealth, self-sufficiency and internal trade)
民贼独夫 mín zéi dú fū tyrant and oppressor of the people (idiom) / traitorous dictator
民脂民膏 mín zhī mín gāo lit. the fat and wealth of the people (idiom) / the nation's hard-won wealth (esp. as an object of unscrupulous exploitation) / the people's blood, sweat and tears
民族自决 mín zú zì jué self-determination
民间社会  civil society
民间外交  people-to-people diplomacy
民政部分  civil affairs component
民间媒体  alternative media
民政干事  Civil Affairs Officer
民警维和  civilian police peacekeeping
民主联盟  Democratic Alliance
民主治理  democratic governance
民主论坛  democracy forum
民族歧视  national discrimination
民用物资  civil goods
民用物体  civilian object
民族先锋  Umkhonto we Sizwe
民变峰起 mín biàn fēng qǐ seething discontent (idiom) / widespread popular grievances
民粹主义 mín cuì zhǔ yì populism
民防组织 mín fáng zǔ zhī civil defence organization
民航班机 mín háng bān jī civilian plane / commercial flight
民间疗法 mín jiān liáo fǎ folk treatment
民间团体 mín jiān tuán tǐ civil society
民间舞蹈 mín jiān wǔ dǎo folk dance
民间习俗 mín jiān xí sú folk customs
民间音乐 mín jiān yīn yuè folk music
民警部队 mín jǐng bù duì civilian police force
民警顾问 mín jǐng gù wèn Civilian Police Adviser
民警专员 mín jǐng zhuān yuán Civilian Police Commissioner
民事登记 mín shì dēng jì civil registration
民事过错 mín shì guò cuò civil wrong
民事收容 mín shì shōu róng civil commitment
民意测验 mín yì cè yàn opinion poll
民意调查 mín yì diào chá opinion poll
民营部门 mín yíng bù mén private sector
民营企业 mín yíng qǐ yè privately-operated enterprise
民怨鼎沸 mín yuàn dǐng fèi seething discontent (idiom) / popular grievances boil over
民政署长 mín zhèng shǔ zhǎng Chief of Civil Affairs Administration
民众法庭 mín zhòng fǎ tíng Heliaia
民主党人 mín zhǔ dǎng rén Democrat (Democratic Party member or supporter)
民族工业 mín zú gōng yè national industry / industry run by Chinese nationals or ethnic Chinese
民族平等 mín zú píng děng equality of ethnic groups
民族舞蹈 mín zú wǔ dǎo folk dance
民族阵线 mín zú zhèn xiàn Front national
民主集中制 mín zhǔ jí zhōng zhì democratic centralism
民以食为天 mín yǐ shí wéi tiān Food is the God of the people. (idiom) / People view food as the primary need. / Food first, ethical niceties second
Approximate Results for 民
P民 P mín (slang) shitizen / commoner / hoi polloi
人民 rén mín the people / CL:個|个[ge4]
农民 nóng mín peasant / farmer
居民 jū mín resident / inhabitant
市民 shì mín city resident
公民 gōng mín citizen
村民 cūn mín villager
移民 yí mín to immigrate / to migrate / emigrant / immigrant
国民 guó mín nationals / citizens / people of a nation
平民 píng mín ordinary people / commoner (contrasted with the privileged) / civilian (contrasted with the military)
网民 wǎng mín netizen / Internet user / online community member
游民 yóu mín vagrant / vagabond
全民 quán mín entire population (of a country)
彩民 cǎi mín lottery player
股民 gǔ mín stock investor / share trader
渔民 yú mín fisherman / fisher folk
选民 xuǎn mín voter / constituency / electorate
军民 jūn mín army-civilian / military-masses / military-civilian
难民 nàn mín refugee
富民 fù mín to enrich the people
灾民 zāi mín victim (of a disaster)
殖民 zhí mín colony / colonial
子民 zǐ mín people
牧民 mù mín herdsman
万民 wàn mín all the people
贫民 pín mín poor people
小民 xiǎo mín ordinary people / commoner / civilian
扰民 rǎo mín (of government policy, noise pollution, crime etc) to make people's lives difficult
臣民 chén mín subject (of a kingdom, ruler etc)
先民 xiān mín forebears
回民 Huí mín Hui ethnic group (Chinese muslims)
庶民 shù mín the multitude of common people (in highbrow literature) / plebeian
亲民 qīn mín in touch with the people / sensitive to people's needs
良民 liáng mín good people / ordinary people (i.e. not the lowest class)
烟民 yān mín smokers
乡民 xiāng mín villager / (Tw) (Internet slang) person who likes to follow online discussions and add their opinions
警民 jǐng mín the police and the community
流民 liú mín refugee
黎民 lí mín the common people / the great unwashed
侨民 qiáo mín expatriates
贱民 jiàn mín social stratum below the level of ordinary people / untouchable / dalit (India caste)
愚民 yú mín ignorant masses / to keep the people in ignorance
益民 yì mín good citizens / the right side in a civil war
暴民 bào mín a mob of people
遗民 yí mín (lit.) leftover men / (fig.) loyalist adherents of a former dynasty / surviving members of an ethnic group
教民 jiào mín adherent to a religion / convert
岛民 dǎo mín islander
边民 biān mín people living on the frontiers / inhabitants of a border area
顺民 shùn mín docile subject (of new dynasty) / toady
船民 chuán mín people who live and make a living on boats
逸民 yì mín recluse / hermit
爱民 Aì mín Aimin district of Mudanjiang city 牡丹江市, Heilongjiang
便民 biàn mín user-friendly / convenient (for customers, citizens etc)
草民 cǎo mín the grass roots / the hoi polloi
疍民 dàn mín boat-dwelling people of Guangdong, Guangxi and Fujian provinces (old)
蜑民 Dàn mín see 蜑家[Dan4 jia1]
刁民 diāo mín (derogatory) unruly people
惠民 huì mín to benefit the people
奸民 jiān mín a scoundrel / a villain
基民 jī mín fund investor / (coll.) gay person
乱民 luàn mín rebels
屁民 pì mín (slang) shitizen / commoner / hoi polloi
荣民 róng mín (Tw) retired soldier / veteran (abbr. for 榮譽國民|荣誉国民[rong2yu4 guo2min2])
三民 Sān mín Sanmin district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市[Gao1 xiong2 shi4], south Taiwan
商民 shāng mín merchant
四民 sì mín "the four classes" of ancient China, i.e. scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants
酸民 suān mín (Tw) (Internet) troll
顽民 wán mín unruly people / rebellious subjects / disloyal citizens
新民 Xīn mín Xinmin, county-level city in Shenyang 瀋陽|沈阳, Liaoning
裕民 Yù mín Yumin county or Chaghantoqay nahiyisi in Tacheng prefecture 塔城地區|塔城地区[Ta3 cheng2 di4 qu1], Xinjiang
烝民 zhēng mín people / the masses
植民 zhí mín variant of 殖民 / colony
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Laksaur民兵  Laksaur
人民币 rén mín bì Renminbi (RMB) / Chinese Yuan (CNY)
国民党 Guó mín dǎng Guomindang or Kuomintang (KMT) / Nationalist Party
人民网 Rén mín wǎng online version of the People's Daily, 人民日報|人民日报[Ren2 min2 Ri4 bao4]
农民工 nóng mín gōng migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work)
江泽民 Jiāng Zé mín Jiang Zemin (1926-2022), politician, president of PRC 1993-2003
李世民 Lǐ Shì mín Li Shimin, personal name of second Tang emperor Taizong 唐太宗[Tang2 Tai4 zong1] (599-649), reigned 626-649
原住民 yuán zhù mín indigenous peoples / aborigine
殖民地 zhí mín dì colony
亲民党 Qīn mín dǎng People First Party, Taiwan
居民区 jū mín qū residential area / neighborhood
自民党 Zì mín dǎng Liberal Democratic Party (Japanese political party)
农牧民 nóng mù mín agro-pastoralist
移民局 yí mín jú immigration office
多民族 duō mín zú multiethnic
贫民窟 pín mín kū slum housing
殖民者 zhí mín zhě colonizer / colonist / settler
公民权 gōng mín quán civil rights / citizenship rights
难民营 nàn mín yíng refugee camp
王建民 Wáng Jiàn mín Chien-Ming Wang (1980-), Taiwanese starting pitcher for the Washington Nationals in Major League Baseball
居民点 jū mín diǎn residential area
社民党 Shè mín dǎng Social Democratic party
人民党 rén mín dǎng People's party (of various countries)
王永民 Wáng Yǒng mín Wang Yongmin (1943-), inventor of the five stroke input method 五筆輸入法|五笔输入法[wu3 bi3 shu1 ru4 fa3]
选民卡  voter's card
难民法  refugee law
难民局  Refugee Bureau
救民军  People's Redemption Army
Tim Saka民兵  Tim Saka / Saka
公民学  civics
爱民区 Aì mín qū Aimin district of Mudanjiang city 牡丹江市, Heilongjiang
富民县 Fù mín xiàn Fumin county in Kunming 昆明[Kun1 ming2], Yunnan
汉民族 Hàn mín zú Han ethnic group
后殖民 hòu zhí mín postcolonial
回民区 Huí mín Qū Huimin District of Hohhot city 呼和浩特市[Hu1 he2 hao4 te4 Shi4], Inner Mongolia
惠民县 Huì mín xiàn Huimin county in Binzhou 濱州|滨州[Bin1 zhou1], Shandong
基民党 jī mín dǎng Christian democratic party
居民楼 jū mín lóu apartment building / residential tower
林怀民 Lín Huái mín Lin Hwai-Min (1947-), Taiwanese choreographer and dancer
吕嘉民 Lu:3 Jiā mín Lü / Jiamin (1946-) aka Jiang Rong 姜戎[Jiang1 Rong2], Chinese writer
农民党 Nóng mín dǎng Peasant Party (Republic of China)
农民日 nóng mín rì Day of Farmers
贫民区 pín mín qū slum area / ghetto
人民军 rén mín jūn People's Army
人民院 rén mín yuàn Wolesi Jirga / House of the People
三民区 Sān mín qū Sanmin district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市[Gao1 xiong2 shi4], south Taiwan
三民乡 Sān mín xiāng Sanmin district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市[Gao1 xiong2 shi4], south Taiwan
夏正民 Xià Zhèng mín Justice Michael Hartmann (1944-), Hong Kong High Court judge
新民市 Xīn mín shì Xinmin, county-level city in Shenyang 瀋陽|沈阳, Liaoning
叶伟民 Yè Wěi mín Raymond YIP Wai-Man, Hong Kong film director (debut as director: 1994)
移民点 yí mín diǎn settlement
移民工 yí mín gōng migrant worker
移民者 yí mín zhě migrant / immigrant
裕民县 Yù mín xiàn Yumin county or Chaghantoqay nahiyisi in Tacheng prefecture 塔城地區|塔城地区[Ta3 cheng2 di4 qu1], Xinjiang
周渝民 Zhōu Yú mín Zhou Yumin or Vic Zhou (1981-), Taiwan singer and actor, member of pop group F4
Tim Pancasila民兵  Tim Pancasila
Jubilee难民营  Jubilee Refugee Centre
人民政府 rén mín zhèng fǔ people's government
人民法院 rén mín fǎ yuàn people's court (of law) / people's tribunal
中国人民 zhōng guó rén mín the Chinese people
国民经济 guó mín jīng jì national economy
中华民族 Zhōng huá mín zú the Chinese nation / the Chinese people (collective reference to all the ethnic groups in China)
人民代表 rén mín dài biǎo deputy to the People's Congress
人民银行 Rén mín Yín háng People's Bank of China
少数民族 shǎo shù mín zú national minority / ethnic group
人民日报 Rén mín Rì bào People's Daily (PRC newspaper)
中华民国 Zhōng huá Mín guó Republic of China
城市居民 chéng shì jū mín city dweller
各族人民 gè zú rén mín people of all ethnic groups / the peoples (of a nation)
人民警察 rén mín jǐng chá civil police / PRC police
劳动人民 láo dòng rén mín working people / the workers of Socialist theory or of the glorious Chinese past
人民广场 Rén mín Guǎng chǎng People's Square, Shanghai
国民政府 Guó mín zhèng fǔ Nationalist government (the government of the Republic of China 1925-1948)
新民晚报 Xīn mín Wǎn bào Xinmin Evening News
中国民航 zhōng guó mín háng General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC)
人民团体 rén mín tuán tǐ people's organization (e.g. labor unions, peasant associations, scholarly associations etc) / mass organization
人民币元 rén mín bì yuán renminbi yuan (RMB), PRC currency unit
国民收入 guó mín shōu rù measures of national income and output
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