| 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.; Food first, ethical niceties second |
| 民俗 | mín sú | popular custom |
| 民俗学 | mín sú xué | folklore |
| 民勤 | Mín qín | Minqin county in Wuwei 武威, Gansu |
| 民勤县 | Mín qín xiàn | Minqin county in Wuwei 武威, Gansu |
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 海东地区, Qinghai |
| 民和县 | Mín hé xiàn | Minhe Hui and Tu autonomous county in Haidong prefecture 海东地区, Qinghai |
| 民国通俗演义 | Mín guó tōng sú yǎn yì | Dramatized history of Republican China until 1927 by Cai Dongfan 蔡东藩, and later chapters by Xu Qinfu 许廑父 |
| 民宅 | mín zhái | house; people's homes |
| 民家 | mín jiā | minka; commoner's house; Bai ethnic group |
| 民庭 | mín tíng | civil court |
| 民建联 | mín jiàn lián | abbr. for 民主建港协进联盟, Democratic alliance for the betterment of Hong Kong (DAB), Hong Kong pro-Beijing party |
| 民怨 | mín yuàn | popular grievance; complaints of the people |
| 民怨沸腾 | mín yuàn fèi téng | seething discontent (idiom); popular grievances boil over |
| 民怨鼎沸 | mín yuàn dǐng fèi | seething discontent (idiom); popular grievances boil over |
| 民意测验 | mín yì cè yàn | opinion poll |
| 民意调查 | mín yì diào chá | opinion poll |
| 民政厅 | mín zhèng tīng | Civil affairs bureau; provincial office of PRC Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA) 民政部 |
| 民政部 | mín zhèng bù | Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA) of the PRC |
| 民数记 | Mín shù jì | Book of Numbers; Fourth Book of Moses |
| 民族主义情绪 | mín zú zhǔ yì qíng xù | nationalist feelings; nationalist sentiment |
| 民族大学 | Mín zú Dà xué | University for Nationalities (university of ethnic studies) |
| 民族大迁徙 | mín zú dà qiān xǐ | great migration of peoples |
| 民族学 | mín zú xué | ethnology; anthropology |
| 民族工业 | mín zú gōng yè | national industry; industry run by Chinese nationals or ethnic Chinese |
| 民族志 | mín zú zhì | ethnography |
| 民族社会主义 | mín zú shè huì zhǔ yì | national socialism; Nazism |
| 民族自决 | mín zú zì jué | self-determination |
| 民族舞蹈 | mín zú wǔ dǎo | folk dance |
| 民族杂居地区 | mín zú zá jū dì qū | mixed ethnic area |
| 民乐 | mín yuè | folk music, esp. for traditional instruments; Minyue county in Zhangye 张掖, Gansu |
| 民乐县 | Mín yuè xiàn | Minyue county in Zhangye 张掖, Gansu |
| 民权县 | Mín quán xiàn | Minquan county in Shangqiu 商丘, Henan |
| 民歌手 | mín gē shǒu | folk singer |
| 民法典 | mín fǎ diǎn | civil code |
| 民营 | mín yíng | privately run (i.e. by a company, not the state) |
| 民营化 | mín yíng huà | privatization |
| 民生凋敝 | mín shēng diāo bì | the people's livelihood is reduced to destitution (idiom); a time of famine and impoverishment |
| 民用核国家 | mín yòng hé guó jiā | civil nuclear power |
| 民盟 | Mín Méng | China Democratic League (political party); abbr. for 中国民主同盟 |
| 民答那峨海 | Mín dā nà é Hǎi | Mindanao Sea |
| 民航班机 | mín háng bān jī | civilian plane; commercial flight |
| 民调 | mín diào | opinion poll |
| 民变峰起 | mín biàn fēng qǐ | seething discontent (idiom); widespread popular grievances |
| 民丰 | Mín fēng | Niye Nahiyisi; Minfeng county in Khotan prefecture 和田地区, Xinjiang |
| 民丰县 | Mín fēng xiàn | Niye Nahiyisi; Minfeng county in Khotan prefecture 和田地区, Xinjiang |
| 民贼独夫 | mín zéi dú fū | tyrant and oppressor of the people (idiom); traitorous dictator |
| 民进党 | Mín jìn dǎng | DPP (Democratic Progressive Party, Taiwan); abbr. for 民主进步党 |
| 民运 | mín yùn | civil transport; movement aimed at the masses; democracy movement (abbr.) |
| 民间传说 | mín jiān chuán shuō | popular tradition; folk legend |