| 公民 | gōng mín | citizen |   |
| 同胞 | tóng bāo | born of the same parents / sibling / fellow citizen / compatriot | |
| 普通人 | pǔ tōng rén | ordinary person / private citizen / people / the person in the street | |
| 华裔 | Huá yì | ethnic Chinese / non-Chinese citizen of Chinese ancestry | |
| 杨利伟 | Yáng Lì wěi | Yang Liwei (1965-), astronaut, first Chinese citizen in space | |
| 活雷锋 | huó Léi Fēng | selfless model citizen, just like Lei Feng 雷鋒|雷锋[Lei2 Feng1] | |
| 入籍 | rù jí | to become naturalized / to become a citizen | |
| 人权和公民权宣言 | rén quán hè gōng mín quán xuān yán | Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen | |
| 公民动议 | gōng mín dòng yì | citizen initiative / initiative | |
| 公民媒体 | gōng mín méi tǐ | citizen media | |
| 全球公民奖 | quán qiú gōng mín jiǎng | Global Citizen Award | |
| 公民新闻 | gōng mín xīn wén | citizen journalism | |
| 保护公民与公民安全研究所 | | Institute for the Protection and the Security of the Citizen | |
| 解决公民与国家冲突讲习班 | | Workshop on Conflict Resolution between the Citizen and the State | |
| 老年公民 | | senior citizen | |
| 世界公民参与联盟 | | World Alliance for Citizen Participation | |
| 拍客 | pāi kè | citizen journalist (typically posting short, self-produced documentary videos on the Web) | |
| 单非 | dān fēi | a couple in which one of the spouses is not a Hong Kong citizen | |
| 二等公民 | èr děng gōng mín | second-class citizen | |
