| 平民 | píng mín | ordinary people / commoner (contrasted with the privileged) / civilian (contrasted with the military) | ![]() |
| 野人 | yě rén | a savage / uncivilized person / (old) commoner | ![]() |
| 小民 | xiǎo mín | ordinary people / commoner / civilian | ![]() |
| 公地使用者 | commoner | ![]() | |
| P民 | P mín | (slang) shitizen / commoner / hoi polloi | ![]() |
| 屁民 | pì mín | (slang) shitizen / commoner / hoi polloi | ![]() |
| 市井小民 | shì jǐng xiǎo mín | ordinary people / the hoi polloi / commoner | ![]() |
| 削职为民 | xuē zhí wéi mín | demotion to commoner (idiom) | ![]() |
| 小的 | xiǎo de | (coll.) young child / the little one(s) of the family / (old) (humble) I / me / my (used by a commoner when speaking to an official) | ![]() |
| 清史列传 | Qīng shǐ Liè zhuàn | Biographic History of Qing Dynasty by a succession of authors, published 1928 and revised 1987, with biographies of 2,900 notable Qing commoner citizens, 80 scrolls | ![]() |
