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mín · citizens, subjects

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Common words with 民

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mínWords pronounced mín
MínWords pronounced Mín
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Example sentences

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Shì jiè shàng yǒu hěn duō bù tóng de mín zú.世界上有很多不同的民族。

There are a lot of different peoples in the world.

Source: Tatoeba #408846 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zhège chéng shì lǐ yǒu duō shǎo jū mín?这个城市里有多少居民？

How many residents live within this city?

Source: Tatoeba #813477 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Yǒu le, zài zhōng guó rén mín de xīn zhōng.有了，在中国人民的心中。

There is: it is in the heart of the Chinese people.

Source: Tatoeba #898375 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Chéng qiān shàng wàn dīshì bīng hé shì mín sǐ qù le.成千上万的士兵和市民死去了。

Thousands upon thousands of soldiers and civilians died.

Source: Tatoeba #8727964 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā shì zhōng guó de gōng mín.他是中国的公民。

He's a citizen of China.

Source: Tatoeba #719109 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ bú shì gè mín zú zhǔ yì zhě, wǒ shì ài guó zhě.我不是个民族主义者，我是爱国者。

I'm not a nationalist, I'm a patriot.

Source: Tatoeba #9963191 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 民 in context

  1. Say mín, then recall the core meaning: citizens, subjects.
  2. Write all 5 strokes while keeping the single-component balanced.
  3. Use it in 民族 (mín zú), meaning “nationality”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 民 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.