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- "the four classes" of ancient China, i.e. scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants
Trad. 鄉民
- villager
- (Tw) (Internet slang) person who likes to follow online discussions and add their opinions
- privately-operated enterprise (abbr. for 民營企業|民营企业[min2 ying2 qi3 ye4])
Trad. 民國
- 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)
- ordinary people; commoner (contrasted with the privileged)
- civilian (contrasted with the military)
- (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 民宿 "minshuku") property rented via Airbnb or similar platform; guesthouse; bed-and-breakfast; homestay; pension
- migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work)
- temporary worker enlisted on a public project
- circumstances of the people
- popular sentiment
- the mood of the people
- popular customs
Trad. 榮民
- (Tw) retired soldier; veteran (abbr. for 榮譽國民|荣誉国民[rong2 yu4 guo2 min2])
Trad. 民豐
- Minfeng County in Hotan Prefecture 和田地區|和田地区[He2 tian2 Di4 qu1], Xinjiang
Trad. 民進
- China Association for Promoting Democracy (abbr. for 中國民主促進會|中国民主促进会[Zhong1 guo2 Min2 zhu3 Cu4 jin4 hui4])
Trad. 民運
- civil transport
- movement aimed at the masses
- democracy movement (abbr.)
Trad. 民間
- among the people
- popular
- folk
- non-governmental
- involving people rather than governments
- Minxiong or Minhsiung Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 Xian4], west Taiwan
Trad. 民風
- popular customs
- folkways
- the character of the people of a nation (or region etc)
Trad. 遺民
- (lit.) leftover men
- (fig.) loyalist adherents of a former dynasty
- surviving members of an ethnic group
Trad. 賤民
- social stratum below the level of ordinary people
- untouchable
- dalit (India caste)
Trad. 擾民
- (of government policy, noise pollution, crime etc) to make people's lives difficult
- Yumin county or Chaghantoqay nahiyisi in Tacheng prefecture 塔城地區|塔城地区[Ta3 cheng2 di4 qu1], Xinjiang
- Xinmin, a county-level city in Shenyang City 瀋陽市|沈阳市[Shen3 yang2 Shi4], Liaoning
- (Hong Kong politics) the pro-democracy camp (founded 1987), aka the pan-democrats
Trad. 民主牆
- Democracy Wall, Beijing (1978-1979), and bulletin boards inspired by it, in some Hong Kong universities
Trad. 江澤民
- Jiang Zemin (1926–2022), politician, president of PRC 1993–2003
Trad. 三民區
- Sanmin, a district of Kaohsiung City 高雄市[Gao1 xiong2 Shi4], Taiwan
- Zhou Yumin or Vic Zhou (1981-), Taiwan singer and actor, member of pop group F4
Trad. 自民黨
- Liberal Democratic Party (Japanese political party)
Trad. 民勤縣
- Minqin, a county in Wuwei City 武威市[Wu3 wei1 Shi4], Gansu
Trad. 民建聯
- 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])
- Li Shimin, personal name of second Tang emperor Taizong 唐太宗[Tang2 Tai4 zong1] (599-649), reigned 626-649
Trad. 國民黨
- Guomindang or Kuomintang (KMT)
- Nationalist Party
Trad. 民樂縣
- Minle, a county in Zhangye City 張掖市|张掖市[Zhang1 ye4 Shi4], Gansu
Trad. 民權縣
- Minquan, a county in Shangqiu City 商丘市[Shang1 qiu1 Shi4], Henan
Trad. 林懷民
- Lin Hwai-Min (1947-), Taiwanese choreographer and dancer
- the Narodniks, Russian populist group in the 19th century
Trad. 農民工
- migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work)
- Justice Michael Hartmann (1944-), Hong Kong High Court judge
Trad. 民豐縣
- Minfeng County in Hotan Prefecture 和田地區|和田地区[He2 tian2 Di4 qu1], Xinjiang
Trad. 呂嘉民
- Lü Jiamin (1946-) aka Jiang Rong 姜戎[Jiang1 Rong2], Chinese writer
Trad. 愛民區
- Aimin, a district of Mudanjiang City 牡丹江市[Mu3 dan1 jiang1 Shi4], Heilongjiang
Trad. 民進黨
- DPP (Democratic Progressive Party, Taiwan)
- abbr. for 民主進步黨|民主进步党
- 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]
Trad. 人民網
- online version of the People's Daily, 人民日報|人民日报[Ren2 min2 Ri4 bao4]
Trad. 葉偉民
- Raymond YIP Wai-Man, Hong Kong film director (debut as director: 1994)
Trad. 民雄鄉
- Minxiong or Minhsiung Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 Xian4], west Taiwan
Trad. 回民區
- Huimin District of Hohhot city 呼和浩特市[Hu1 he2 hao4 te4 Shi4], Inner Mongolia
Trad. 裕民縣
- Yumin county or Chaghantoqay nahiyisi in Tacheng prefecture 塔城地區|塔城地区[Ta3 cheng2 di4 qu1], Xinjiang
Trad. 惠民縣
- Huimin county in Binzhou 濱州|滨州[Bin1 zhou1], Shandong
Trad. 黃巾民變
- the Yellow Turbans Peasant Uprising at the end of later Han (from 184)
Trad. 獨夫民賊
- tyrant and oppressor of the people (idiom); traitorous dictator
- to win the hearts of the people
- to be popular among the masses
- National Health Insurance (Tw) (abbr. for 全民健康保險|全民健康保险[Quan2 min2 Jian4 kang1 Bao3 xian3])