| 民 | mín | the people; nationality; citizen |
| 民主 | mín zhǔ | democracy |
| 民族 | mín zú | nationality; ethnic group; CL:个 |
| 民兵 | mín bīng | people's militia; militia |
| 民国 | Mín guó | Republic of China (1912-1949); used instead of reign name by the nationalist government, then by Taiwan; used in PRC as reign name of a former dynasty |
| 民间 | mín jiān | among the people; popular; folk; non-governmental; involving people rather than governments |
| 民法 | mín fǎ | civil law |
| 民事 | mín shì | civil case; agricultural affairs; civil |
| 民众 | mín zhòng | populace; masses; the people |
| 民主革命 | mín zhǔ gé mìng | democratic revolution; bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution) |
| 民族主义 | mín zú zhǔ yì | nationalism; national self-determination; principle of nationalism, the first of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孙中山 Three principles of the people 三民主义 (at the time, meaning parity between China and the great powers); racism |
| 民权 | mín quán | civil liberties; Minquan county in Shangqiu 商丘, Henan |
| 民生 | mín shēng | people's livelihood; people's welfare |
| 民用 | mín yòng | (for) civilian use |
| 民团 | mín tuán | civil corps; militia |
| 民族团结 | mín zú tuán jié | cooperation of ethnic groups |
| 民主集中制 | mín zhǔ jí zhōng zhì | democratic centralism |
| 民和 | Mín hé | Minhe Hui and Tu autonomous county in Haidong prefecture 海东地区, Qinghai |
| 民歌 | mín gē | folk song; CL:支,首 |
| 民意 | mín yì | public opinion; popular will; public will |
| 民工 | mín gōng | workers (esp. on public project) |
| 民办 | mín bàn | run by the local people; privately operated |
| 民生主义 | mín shēng zhǔ yì | principle of people's livelihood, the third of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孙中山 Three principles of the people 三民主义 (at the time, meaning redistribution of wealth, self-sufficiency and internal trade) |
| 民航 | mín háng | civil aviation |
| 民主政治 | mín zhǔ zhèng zhì | democracy; democratic |
| 民选 | mín xuǎn | democratically elected |
| 民警 | mín jǐng | civil police; PRC police; abbr. for 人民警察 |
| 民族文化 | mín zú wén huà | ethnic culture |
| 民谣 | mín yáo | ballad |
| 民房 | mín fáng | private house |
| 民族英雄 | mín zú yīng xióng | national hero |
| 民权主义 | mín quán zhǔ yì | democracy; civil liberties; principle of democracy, the second of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孙中山 Three principles of the people 三民主义 (at the time, meaning widespread popular involvement in affairs of state) |
| 民不聊生 | mín bù liáo shēng | The people have no way to make a living (idiom, from Record of the Grand Historian 史记). no way of getting by |
| 民族平等 | mín zú píng děng | equality of ethnic groups |
| 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); the people's blood, sweat and tears |
| 民情 | mín qíng | circumstances of the people; popular sentiment; the mood of the people; popular customs |
| 民穷财尽 | mín qióng cái jìn | the people are impoverished, their means exhausted (idiom); to drive the nation to bankruptcy |
| 民变 | mín biàn | mass uprising; popular revolt; civil commotion |
| 民间艺术 | mín jiān yì shù | folk art |
| 民主主义 | mín zhǔ zhǔ yì | democracy |
| 民主主义者 | mín zhǔ zhǔ yì zhě | democrats |
| 民主化 | mín zhǔ huà | to convert to democracy; democratic transformation |
| 民主建港协进联盟 | mín zhǔ jiàn gǎng xié jìn lián méng | Democratic alliance for the betterment of Hong Kong (DAB), Hong Kong pro-Beijing party |
| 民主派 | mín zhǔ pài | Democratic faction |
| 民主墙 | mín zhǔ qiáng | Democracy Wall (1978-1989), esp. during the Beijing Spring democracy movement |
| 民主进步党 | Mín zhǔ jìn bù dǎng | DPP (Democratic Progressive Party, Taiwan); abbr. to 民进党 |
| 民主党 | Mín zhǔ dǎng | Democratic Party |
| 民主党人 | mín zhǔ dǎng rén | a Democratic party member |
| 民事诉讼 | mín shì sù sòng | common plea; civil appeal (as opposed to criminal case) |
| 民事责任 | mín shì zé rèn | civil liability (law) |
