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Definitions

  1. 1. (bound form) the people
  2. 2. inhabitants of a country

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謀利者,不謀 之利。
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Words Containing 民

民资
mín zī

private capital

安民告示
ān mín gào shì

a notice to reassure the public

臣民
chén mín

subject (of a kingdom, ruler etc)

李世民
lǐ shì mín

Li Shimin, personal name of second Tang emperor Taizong 唐太宗[táng tài zōng] (599-649), reigned 626-649

民雄
mín xióng

Minxiong or Minhsiung Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[jiā yì xiàn], west Taiwan

黄巾民变
huáng jīn mín biàn

the Yellow Turbans Peasant Uprising at the end of later Han (from 184)

民运
mín yùn

civil transport

投资移民
tóu zī yí mín

investment immigration

自民党
zì mín dǎng

Liberal Democratic Party (Japanese political party)

商民
shāng mín

merchant

为人民服务
wèi rén mín fú wù

Serve the People!, CCP political slogan

中国人民解放军空军
zhōng guó rén mín jiě fàng jūn kōng jūn

People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF)

民警
mín jǐng

civil police

东交民巷
dōng jiāo mín xiàng

a street to the south of the Forbidden City that was the Legation quarter during the Boxer uprising

林怀民
lín huái mín

Lin Hwai-Min (1947-), Taiwanese choreographer and dancer

先民
xiān mín

forebears

日人民报
rì rén mín bào

(vulgar) derogatory name (in which 日[rì] means 肏[cào]) for the \People's Daily\ 人民日報|人民日报[rén mín rì bào]

公民义务
gōng mín yì wù

civil obligation

印度人民党
yìn dù rén mín dǎng

Bharatiya Janata Party

边民
biān mín

people living on the frontiers

中国民主促进会
zhōng guó mín zhǔ cù jìn huì

China Association for Promoting Democracy

人民网
rén mín wǎng

online version of the People's Daily, 人民日報|人民日报[rén mín rì bào]

民选
mín xuǎn

democratically elected

中国人民银行
zhōng guó rén mín yín háng

People's Bank of China

独夫民贼
dú fū mín zéi

tyrant and oppressor of the people (idiom); traitorous dictator

民粹主义
mín cuì zhǔ yì

populism

巴勒斯坦民族权力机构
bā lè sī tǎn mín zú quán lì jī gòu

Palestinian National Authority

民答那峨海
mín dā nà é hǎi

Mindanao Sea

中华民族
zhōng huá mín zú

the Chinese nation

选民
xuǎn mín

voter

市井小民
shì jǐng xiǎo mín

ordinary people

全民投票
quán mín tóu piào

referendum

民族社会主义
mín zú shè huì zhǔ yì

national socialism

全民皆兵
quán mín jiē bīng

to bring the entire nation to arms (idiom)

屁民
pì mín

(slang) shitizen

殖民地
zhí mín dì

colony

农民起义
nóng mín qǐ yì

peasant revolt

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)

移民
yí mín

to immigrate

民族团结
mín zú tuán jié

national unity

牧民
mù mín

herdsman

蠹国害民
dù guó hài mín

to rob the state and hurt the people (idiom)

亲民
qīn mín

in touch with the people

中国民用航空局
zhōng guó mín yòng háng kōng jú

Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC)

新殖民主义
xīn zhí mín zhǔ yì

neocolonialism

便民
biàn mín

user-friendly; convenient (for customers, citizens etc)

中国人民志愿军
zhōng guó rén mín zhì yuàn jūn

the Chinese People's Volunteer Army deployed by China to aid North Korea in 1950

人民币
rén mín bì

Renminbi (RMB)

民主革命
mín zhǔ gé mìng

democratic revolution

各族人民
gè zú rén mín

people of all ethnic groups; the peoples (of a nation)

叶伟民
yè wěi mín

Raymond YIP Wai-Man, Hong Kong film director (debut as director: 1994)

民航班机
mín háng bān jī

civilian plane

良民
liáng mín

good people

民间
mín jiān

among the people

贱民
jiàn mín

social stratum below the level of ordinary people

民众
mín zhòng

the populace; the masses; the common people

民事诉讼
mín shì sù sòng

common plea

居民
jū mín

resident; inhabitant

孟加拉人民共和国
mèng jiā lā rén mín gòng hé guó

People's Republic of Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan)

新殖民化
xīn zhí mín huà

neocolonialization

难民营
nàn mín yíng

refugee camp

国际民航组织
guó jì mín háng zǔ zhī

International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

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.

民营
mín yíng

privately run (i.e. by a company, not the state)

新民市
xīn mín shì

Xinmin, county-level city in Shenyang 瀋陽|沈阳, Liaoning

民怨鼎沸
mín yuàn dǐng fèi

seething discontent (idiom); popular grievances boil over

民怨沸腾
mín yuàn fèi téng

seething discontent (idiom); popular grievances boil over

民政厅
mín zhèng tīng

provincial department of civil affairs

民乐县
mín yuè xiàn

Minyue county in Zhangye 張掖|张掖[zhāng yè], Gansu

富民县
fù mín xiàn

Fumin county in Kunming 昆明[kūn míng], Yunnan

民权县
mín quán xiàn

Minquan county in Shangqiu 商丘[shāng qiū], Henan

三民主义
sān mín zhǔ yì

Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People (late 1890s)

当官不为民做主不如回家卖红薯
dāng guān bù wèi mín zuò zhǔ bù rú huí jiā mài hóng shǔ

if an official does not put the people first, he might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes

民国
mín guó

Republic of China (1912-1949)

全民英检
quán mín yīng jiǎn

General English Proficiency Test (GEPT), commissioned by Taiwan's Ministry of Education in 1999

裕民县
yù mín xiàn

Yumin county or Chaghantoqay nahiyisi in Tacheng prefecture 塔城地區|塔城地区[tǎ chéng dì qū], Xinjiang

民宿
mín sù

bed-and-breakfast

民用
mín yòng

(for) civilian use

民间艺术
mín jiān yì shù

folk art

惠民
huì mín

Huimin county in Binzhou 濱州|滨州[bīn zhōu], Shandong

北方民族大学
běi fāng mín zú dà xué

Northern Nationalities University NNU at Yingchuan, Ningxia (former Northwestern Second College for Nationalities)

全国民主联盟
quán guó mín zhǔ lián méng

Myanmar or Burma National league for democracy (NLD)

民族英雄
mín zú yīng xióng

national hero

P民
p mín

(slang) shitizen

人民阵线
rén mín zhèn xiàn

popular front

民主党
mín zhǔ dǎng

Democratic Party

中华民国
zhōng huá mín guó

Republic of China

网民
wǎng mín

web user

游民
yóu mín

vagrant

中华人民共和国
zhōng huá rén mín gòng hé guó

People's Republic of China

民风
mín fēng

popular customs

亲民党
qīn mín dǎng

People First Party, Taiwan

民和回族土族自治县
mín hé huí zú tǔ zú zì zhì xiàn

Minhe Hui and Tu autonomous county in Haidong prefecture 海東地區|海东地区[hǎi dōng dì qū], Qinghai

烝民
zhēng mín

people

劳民伤财
láo mín shāng cái

waste of manpower and resources

民丰县
mín fēng xiàn

Minfeng County in Hotan Prefecture 和田地區|和田地区[hé tián dì qū], Xinjiang

多民族
duō mín zú

multiethnic

国民议会
guó mín yì huì

Assemblée nationale (French lower chamber)

民族主义
mín zú zhǔ yì

nationalism

警民
jǐng mín

the police and the community

民怨
mín yuàn

popular grievance

人民民主专政
rén mín mín zhǔ zhuān zhèng

people's democratic dictatorship

人民
rén mín

the people

居民楼
jū mín lóu

apartment building

新民主主义革命
xīn mín zhǔ zhǔ yì gé mìng

(Maoism) New Democracy (aka New Democratic Revolution)

中国人民大学
zhōng guó rén mín dà xué

Renmin University of China

民族杂居地区
mín zú zá jū dì qū

mixed ethnic area

民主
mín zhǔ

democracy

泛民主派
fàn mín zhǔ pài

pan-Democratic alliance (Hong Kong)

民主集中制
mín zhǔ jí zhōng zhì

democratic centralism

夏正民
xià zhèng mín

Justice Michael Hartmann (1944-), Hong Kong High Court judge

民族
mín zú

nationality; ethnic group

病民蛊国
bìng mín gǔ guó

to damage the people and harm the country (idiom)

中国民主建国会
zhōng guó mín zhǔ jiàn guó huì

China Democratic National Construction Association

船民
chuán mín

people who live and make a living on boats

吊民伐罪
diào mín fá zuì

to console the people by punishing the tyrants (idiom)

中国民主同盟
zhōng guó mín zhǔ tóng méng

China Democratic League

爱民
ài mín

Aimin district of Mudanjiang city 牡丹江市, Heilongjiang

子民
zǐ mín

people

民意测验
mín yì cè yàn

opinion poll

民间音乐
mín jiān yīn yuè

folk music

新民主主义论
xīn mín zhǔ zhǔ yì lùn

On New Democracy (1940), by Mao Zedong

人民广场
rén mín guǎng chǎng

People's Square, Shanghai

民和县
mín hé xiàn

Minhe Hui and Tu autonomous county in Haidong prefecture 海東地區|海东地区[hǎi dōng dì qū], Qinghai

民政部
mín zhèng bù

Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA) of the PRC

升斗小民
shēng dǒu xiǎo mín

(idiom) poor people; those who live from hand to mouth

中国人民解放军海军
zhōng guó rén mín jiě fàng jūn hǎi jūn

Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN)

万民
wàn mín

all the people

民法典
mín fǎ diǎn

civil code

美国人民
měi guó rén mín

the American people

非洲人国民大会
fēi zhōu rén guó mín dà huì

African National Congress, ANC

残民害物
cán mín hài wù

to harm people and damage property (idiom)

回民
huí mín

Hui ethnic group (Chinese muslims)

蜑民
dàn mín

see 蜑家[dàn jiā]

民女
mín nǚ

woman from an ordinary family

后殖民
hòu zhí mín

postcolonial

基民党
jī mín dǎng

Christian democratic party

选民参加率
xuǎn mín cān jiā lǜ

voter participation rate

独立选民
dú lì xuǎn mín

independent voter

利国利民
lì guó lì mín

to benefit both the country and the people

仁民爱物
rén mín ài wù

love to all creatures (idiom, from Mencius); universal benevolence

永久居民
yǒng jiǔ jū mín

permanent resident

成考移民
chéng kǎo yí mín

mandatory college exam for immigrants

农民阶级
nóng mín jiē jí

peasant class (esp. in Marxist theory); peasantry

三民区
sān mín qū

Sanmin district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市[gāo xióng shì], south Taiwan

难民
nàn mín

refugee

劳动人民
láo dòng rén mín

working people

人民英雄纪念碑
rén mín yīng xióng jì niàn bēi

Monument to the People's Heroes, at Tiananmen Square

扰民
rǎo mín

(of government policy, noise pollution, crime etc) to make people's lives difficult

灾民
zāi mín

victim (of a disaster)

人民币元
rén mín bì yuán

renminbi yuan (RMB), PRC currency unit

移民工
yí mín gōng

migrant worker

民俗
mín sú

popular custom

荣民
róng mín

veteran

民贼独夫
mín zéi dú fū

tyrant and oppressor of the people (idiom); traitorous dictator

民族平等
mín zú píng děng

equality of ethnic groups

民歌手
mín gē shǒu

folk singer

全国人民代表大会
quán guó rén mín dài biǎo dà huì

(Chinese) National People's Congress

民家
mín jiā

minka

民主建港协进联盟
mín zhǔ jiàn gǎng xié jìn lián méng

Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), a pro-Beijing political party in Hong Kong

人民公敌
rén mín gōng dí

the enemy of the people

旧民主主义革命
jiù mín zhǔ zhǔ yì gé mìng

bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution)

基督教民主联盟
jī dū jiào mín zhǔ lián méng

Christian Democratic Union (German political party)

少数民族乡
shǎo shù mín zú xiāng

ethnic township (formal village level subdivision of PRC county)

国弱民穷
guó ruò mín qióng

the country weakened and the people empoverished (idiom)

民谣
mín yáo

ballad

公民社会
gōng mín shè huì

civil society

造福万民
zào fú wàn mín

to benefit thousands of people

联合国难民事务高级专员办事处
lián hé guó nán mín shì wù gāo jí zhuān yuán bàn shì chù

Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

人民银行
rén mín yín háng

People's Bank of China

殖民主义
zhí mín zhǔ yì

colonialism

民生
mín shēng

people's livelihood

民营化
mín yíng huà

privatization

居民点
jū mín diǎn

residential area

渔民
yú mín

fisherman

大韩民国
dà hán mín guó

Republic of Korea (South Korea)

村民
cūn mín

villager

民政
mín zhèng

civil administration

人民战争
rén mín zhàn zhēng

people's war, military strategy advocated by Mao whereby a large number of ordinary citizens provide support in a campaign

民变峰起
mín biàn fēng qǐ

seething discontent (idiom); widespread popular grievances

益民
yì mín

good citizens

民意调查
mín yì diào chá

opinion poll

民族大迁徙
mín zú dà qiān xǐ

great migration of peoples

朝鲜民主主义人民共和国
cháo xiǎn mín zhǔ zhǔ yì rén mín gòng hé guó

People's Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea)

民勤县
mín qín xiàn

Minqin county in Wuwei 武威[wǔ wēi], Gansu

民歌
mín gē

folk song

平民
píng mín

ordinary people

民主进步党
mín zhǔ jìn bù dǎng

DPP (Democratic Progressive Party, Taiwan)

民庭
mín tíng

civil court

市民社会
shì mín shè huì

civil society (law)

农民党
nóng mín dǎng

Peasant Party (Republic of China)

民变
mín biàn

mass uprising

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[shǐ jì])

最高人民检察院
zuì gāo rén mín jiǎn chá yuàn

PRC Supreme People's Procuratorate (prosecutor's office)

裕民
yù mín

Yumin county or Chaghantoqay nahiyisi in Tacheng prefecture 塔城地區|塔城地区[tǎ chéng dì qū], Xinjiang

国民政府
guó mín zhèng fǔ

Nationalist government 1920s-1949 under Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石

民间习俗
mín jiān xí sú

folk customs

民航
mín háng

civil aviation

正确处理人民内部矛盾
zhèng què chǔ lǐ rén mín nèi bù máo dùn

On the correct handling of internal contradictions among the people, Mao Zedong's tract of 1957

当地居民
dāng dì jū mín

a local person

民科
mín kē

pseudoscientist

草根网民
cǎo gēn wǎng mín

grassroots netizens

民兵
mín bīng

people's militia

民主主义
mín zhǔ zhǔ yì

democracy

民进党
mín jìn dǎng

DPP (Democratic Progressive Party, Taiwan)

解民倒悬
jiě mín dào xuán

lit. to rescue the people from hanging upside down (idiom, from Mencius); to save the people from dire straits

侨民
qiáo mín

expatriates

民谚
mín yàn

folk saying

民族大学
mín zú dà xué

University for Nationalities (university of ethnic studies)

移民者
yí mín zhě

migrant

国际民间组织
guó jì mín jiān zǔ zhī

international humanitarian organization

周渝民
zhōu yú mín

Zhou Yumin or Vic Zhou (1981-), Taiwan singer and actor, member of pop group F4

移民局
yí mín jú

immigration office

自由民主党
zì yóu mín zhǔ dǎng

Liberal Democratic Party

民事责任
mín shì zé rèn

civil liability (law)

回民区
huí mín qū

Huimin District of Hohhot city 呼和浩特市[hū hé hào tè shì], Inner Mongolia

遗民
yí mín

(lit.) leftover men

全民
quán mín

entire population (of a country)

中国人民武装警察部队
zhōng guó rén mín wǔ zhuāng jǐng chá bù duì

Chinese People's Armed Police Force (PAP, aka CAPF)

民间舞蹈
mín jiān wǔ dǎo

folk dance

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[wǔ bǐ shū rù fǎ]

三民
sān mín

Sanmin district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市[gāo xióng shì], south Taiwan

民情
mín qíng

circumstances of the people

民权主义
mín quán zhǔ yì

democracy

民族自决
mín zú zì jué

self-determination

基民
jī mín

fund investor

刚果民主共和国
gāng guǒ mín zhǔ gòng hé guó

Democratic Republic of Congo

普通民众
pǔ tōng mín zhòng

ordinary people

迁居移民
qiān jū yí mín

immigration

流民
liú mín

refugee

乡民
xiāng mín

villager

国民党
guó mín dǎng

Guomindang or Kuomintang (KMT)

民生凋敝
mín shēng diāo bì

the people's livelihood is reduced to destitution (idiom); a time of famine and impoverishment

人民警察
rén mín jǐng chá

civil police

人民公社
rén mín gōng shè

people's commune

游民改造
yóu mín gǎi zào

rehabilitation of displaced persons

社会民主主义
shè huì mín zhǔ zhǔ yì

social democracy

人民大会堂
rén mín dà huì táng

the Great Hall of the People (in Beijing)

民族工业
mín zú gōng yè

national industry

人民党
rén mín dǎng

People's party (of various countries)

民乐
mín yuè

Minyue county in Zhangye 張掖|张掖[zhāng yè], Gansu

多民族国家
duō mín zú guó jiā

multiethnic state

新民晚报
xīn mín wǎn bào

Xinmin Evening News

爱民区
ài mín qū

Aimin district of Mudanjiang city 牡丹江市, Heilongjiang

祸国殃民
huò guó yāng mín

to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom)

训民正音
xùn mín zhèng yīn

Korean text HunMin JongUm promulgated by Sejong Daewang in 1418 to introduce hangeul

民主派
mín zhǔ pài

Democratic faction

新民
xīn mín

Xinmin, county-level city in Shenyang 瀋陽|沈阳, Liaoning

社民党
shè mín dǎng

Social Democratic party

民间传说
mín jiān chuán shuō

popular tradition

中国新民党
zhōng guó xīn mín dǎng

New Democracy Party of China, a short-lived party founded in 2007 by human rights activist Guo Quan, who was jailed in 2009

公民权利
gōng mín quán lì

civil rights

军民
jūn mín

army-civilian

民国通俗演义
mín guó tōng sú yǎn yì

Dramatized history of Republican China until 1927 by Cai Dongfan 蔡東藩|蔡东藩, and later chapters by Xu Qinfu 許廑父|许廑父

市民
shì mín

city resident

官逼民反
guān bī mín fǎn

a government official drives the people to revolt (idiom); a minister provokes a rebellion by exploiting the people

中央民族大学
zhōng yāng mín zú dà xué

Central University for Nationalities

中央人民政府驻香港特别行政区联络办公室
zhōng yāng rén mín zhèng fǔ zhù xiāng gǎng tè bié xíng zhèng qū lián luò bàn gōng shì

Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

病国殃民
bìng guó yāng mín

to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom)

中国人权民运信息中心
zhōng guó rén quán mín yùn xìn xī zhōng xīn

Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy, Hong Kong

民族主义情绪
mín zú zhǔ yì qíng xù

nationalist feelings

半殖民地
bàn zhí mín dì

semicolonial

民团
mín tuán

civil corps

民宅
mín zhái

house

富民
fù mín

Fumin county in Kunming 昆明[kūn míng], Yunnan

国民生产总值
guó mín shēng chǎn zǒng zhí

gross national product (GNP)

民主主义者
mín zhǔ zhǔ yì zhě

democrats

最高人民法院
zuì gāo rén mín fǎ yuàn

Supreme People's Court (PRC)

教民
jiào mín

adherent to a religion

彩民
cǎi mín

lottery player

民勤
mín qín

Minqin county in Wuwei 武威[wǔ wēi], Gansu

民俗学
mín sú xué

folklore

民主政治
mín zhǔ zhèng zhì

democracy

全民义务植树日
quán mín yì wù zhí shù rì

National Tree Planting Day (March 12th), as known as Arbor Day 植樹節|植树节[zhí shù jié]

民爆
mín bào

civil explosives

民雄乡
mín xióng xiāng

Minxiong or Minhsiung Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[jiā yì xiàn], west Taiwan

便民利民
biàn mín lì mín

for the convenience and benefit of the people (idiom)

国泰民安
guó tài mín ān

the country prospers, the people at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity

全国人民代表大会常务委员会
quán guó rén mín dài biǎo dà huì cháng wù wěi yuán huì

Standing Committee of the National People's Congress

国民警卫队
guó mín jǐng wèi duì

National Guard (United States)

人民解放军
rén mín jiě fàng jūn

People's Liberation Army

烟民
yān mín

smokers

无业游民
wú yè yóu mín

unemployed person

居民消费价格指数
jū mín xiāo fèi jià gé zhǐ shù

consumer price index CPI

公民权
gōng mín quán

civil rights

汉民族
hàn mín zú

Han ethnic group

岛民
dǎo mín

islander

国民
guó mín

nationals

民族学
mín zú xué

ethnology

黎民
lí mín

the common people

贫民
pín mín

poor people

民主党人
mín zhǔ dǎng rén

Democrat (Democratic Party member or supporter)

国民党军队
guó mín dǎng jūn duì

nationalist forces

民主墙
mín zhǔ qiáng

Democracy Wall (1978-1989), esp. during the Beijing Spring democracy movement

原住民族
yuán zhù mín zú

original inhabitant

股民
gǔ mín

stock investor

愚民
yú mín

ignorant masses

蒙古人民共和国
měng gǔ rén mín gòng hé guó

People's Republic of Mongolia (from 1924)

病民害国
bìng mín hài guó

to damage the people and harm the country (idiom)

人民起义
rén mín qǐ yì

popular uprising

二等公民
èr děng gōng mín

second-class citizen

民间舞
mín jiān wǔ

folk dance

国民收入
guó mín shōu rù

measures of national income and output

四民
sì mín

\the four classes\ of ancient China, i.e. scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants

数字游民
shù zì yóu mín

digital nomad

社会民主党
shè huì mín zhǔ dǎng

Social Democratic Party

人民公社化
rén mín gōng shè huà

collectivization of agriculture (disastrous policy of communist Russia around 1930 and China in the 1950s)

国民革命军
guó mín gé mìng jūn

National Revolutionary Army

清末民初
qīng mò mín chū

the late Qing and early Republic, i.e. China around 1911

民居
mín jū

houses

人民内部矛盾
rén mín nèi bù máo dùn

internal contradiction among the people (pretext for a purge)

南岛民族
nán dǎo mín zú

Austronesian

人民联盟党
rén mín lián méng dǎng

People's alliance party

民间故事
mín jiān gù shi

folk story

民族舞蹈
mín zú wǔ dǎo

folk dance

国民经济
guó mín jīng jì

national economy

民丰
mín fēng

Minfeng County in Hotan Prefecture 和田地區|和田地区[hé tián dì qū], Xinjiang

民用核国家
mín yòng hé guó jiā

civil nuclear power

社会民主
shè huì mín zhǔ

social democracy

公民表决
gōng mín biǎo jué

referendum

逸民
yì mín

recluse

半封建半殖民地
bàn fēng jiàn bàn zhí mín dì

semifeudal and semicolonial (the official Marxist description of China in the late Qing and under the Guomindang)

公民
gōng mín

citizen

农民
nóng mín

peasant

公民权利和政治权利国际公约
gōng mín quán lì hé zhèng zhì quán lì guó jì gōng yuē

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)

人民法院
rén mín fǎ yuàn

people's court (of law)

民营企业
mín yíng qǐ yè

privately-operated enterprise

人民代表
rén mín dài biǎo

deputy to the People's Congress

选民登记
xuǎn mín dēng jì

voter registration

顽民
wán mín

unruly people

齐民要术
qí mín yào shù

Essential skill to benefit the people, sixth century encyclopedia of agricultural knowledge by Jia Sixie 賈思勰|贾思勰[jiǎ sī xié]

新民主主义
xīn mín zhǔ zhǔ yì

New Democracy

农民工
nóng mín gōng

migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work)

奸民
jiān mín

a scoundrel

民工
mín gōng

migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work)

少数民族
shǎo shù mín zú

national minority

民政局
mín zhèng jú

Bureau of Civil Affairs

贫民区
pín mín qū

slum area

民法
mín fǎ

civil law

顺民
shùn mín

docile subject (of new dynasty)

乱民
luàn mín

rebels

民房
mín fáng

private house

民数记
mín shù jì

Book of Numbers

小民
xiǎo mín

ordinary people

草民
cǎo mín

the grass roots

民族志
mín zú zhì

ethnography

居民区
jū mín qū

residential area

中国国民党革命委员会
zhōng guó guó mín dǎng gé mìng wěi yuán huì

Revolutionary Committee of the Kuomintang

民心
mín xīn

popular sentiment

原住民
yuán zhù mín

indigenous peoples

人民行动党
rén mín xíng dòng dǎng

People's Action Party (ruling party in Singapore)

暴民
bào mín

a mob of people

削职为民
xuē zhí wéi mín

demotion to commoner (idiom)

深得民心
shēn dé mín xīn

to win the hearts of the people

人民基本权利
rén mín jī běn quán lì

fundamental civil rights

台湾民主自治同盟
tái wān mín zhǔ zì zhì tóng méng

Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League

殖民
zhí mín

colony

民和
mín hé

Minhe Hui and Tu autonomous county in Haidong prefecture 海東地區|海东地区[hǎi dōng dì qū], Qinghai

人民利益
rén mín lì yì

interests of the people

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)

江泽民
jiāng zé mín

Jiang Zemin (1926-2022), politician, president of PRC 1993-2003

民事
mín shì

civil case

全民公决
quán mín gōng jué

referendum

民主化
mín zhǔ huà

to convert to democracy; democratic transformation

富国安民
fù guó ān mín

to make the country rich and the people at peace

德意志民主共和国
dé yì zhì mín zhǔ gòng hé guó

German Democratic Republic (East Germany), 1945-1990

民间组织
mín jiān zǔ zhī

association

中国人民政治协商会议
zhōng guó rén mín zhèng zhì xié shāng huì yì

CPPCC (Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference)

越南民主共和国
yuè nán mín zhǔ gòng hé guó

Democratic Republic of Vietnam (aka North Vietnam), a country in Southeast Asia 1945-1976

贫民窟
pín mín kū

slum housing

人民日报
rén mín rì bào

People's Daily (PRC newspaper)

民调
mín diào

opinion poll

中国人民对外友好协会
zhōng guó rén mín duì wài yǒu hǎo xié huì

Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC)

庶民
shù mín

the multitude of common people (in highbrow literature)

民意
mín yì

public opinion

殖民者
zhí mín zhě

colonizer

民穷财尽
mín qióng cái jìn

the people are impoverished, their means exhausted (idiom); to drive the nation to bankruptcy

桑地诺民族解放阵线
sāng dì nuò mín zú jiě fàng zhèn xiàn

Sandinista National Liberation Front

王建民
wáng jiàn mín

Chien-Ming Wang (1980-), Taiwanese starting pitcher for the Washington Nationals in Major League Baseball

人民团体
rén mín tuán tǐ

people's organization (e.g. labor unions, peasant associations, scholarly associations etc)

人民政府
rén mín zhèng fǔ

people's government

解放巴勒斯坦人民阵线
jiě fàng bā lè sī tǎn rén mín zhèn xiàn

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine

民粹派
mín cuì pài

the Narodniks, Russian populist group in the 19th century

民盟
mín méng

China Democratic League (political party)

爱民如子
ài mín rú zǐ

to love the common people as one's own children (praise for a virtuous ruler)

民权
mín quán

Minquan county in Shangqiu 商丘[shāng qiū], Henan

公民投票
gōng mín tóu piào

plebiscite

惠民县
huì mín xiàn

Huimin county in Binzhou 濱州|滨州[bīn zhōu], Shandong

中国人民解放军
zhōng guó rén mín jiě fàng jūn

Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA)

吕嘉民
lǚ jiā mín

Lü Jiamin (1946-) aka Jiang Rong 姜戎[jiāng róng], Chinese writer

民办
mín bàn

run by the local people