| Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | English |
| 安民告示 | ān mín gào shì | a notice to reassure the public; advance notice (of an agenda) | |
| 巴勒斯坦民族權力機構 | 巴勒斯坦民族权力机构 | Bā lè sī tǎn Mín zú Quán lì Jī gòu | Palestinian National Authority |
| 半殖民地 | bàn zhí mín dì | semi-colonial | |
| 北愛爾蘭民主統一黨 | 北爱尔兰民主统一党 | Běi ài ěr lán Mín zhǔ tǒng yī dǎng | Democratic Unionist Party |
| 邊民 | 边民 | biān mín | people living on the frontiers; inhabitants of a border area |
| 船民 | chuán mín | boat people | |
| 村民 | cūn mín | villager | |
| 大韓民國 | 大韩民国 | Dà hán Mín guó | Republic of Korea (South Korea) |
| 大韓民國國家報勳處 | 大韩民国国家报勋处 | Dà hán Mín guó Guó jiā bào xūn chù | Ministry of Patriots' and Veterans' Affairs |
| 大韓民國臨時政府 | 大韩民国临时政府 | Dà hán Mín guó lín shí zhèng fǔ | Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea |
| 獨立選民 | 独立选民 | dú lì xuǎn mín | independent voter |
| 富民 | Fù mín | (N) Fumin (place in Yunnan) | |
| 公民 | gōng mín | citizen | |
| 公民權利 | 公民权利 | gōng mín quán lì | civil rights |
| 公民投票 | gōng mín tóu piào | (n) plebiscite; referendum | |
| 國際民間組織 | 国际民间组织 | guó jì mín jiān zǔ zhī | international humanitarian organization |
| 國民 | 国民 | guó mín | national |
| 國民黨 | 国民党 | Guó Mín Dǎng | Kuomintang; nationalist party; KMT |
| 國民黨軍隊 | 国民党军队 | guó mín dǎng jūn duì | nationalist forces |
| 國民革命軍 | 国民革命军 | Guó mín Gé mìng jūn | National Revolutionary Army |
| 國民警衛隊 | 国民警卫队 | guó mín jǐng wèi duì | National Guard (United States) |
| 國民生產總值 | 国民生产总值 | guó mín shēng chǎn zǒng zhí | gross national product (GNP) |
| 國民收入 | 国民收入 | guó mín shōu rù | measures of national income and output |
| 國民政府軍事委員會 | 国民政府军事委员会 | Guó Mín Zhèng fǔ Jūn shì Wěi yuán huì | National Military Council |
| 黃巾民變 | 黄巾民变 | Huáng jīn mín biàn | Yellow Turban Rebellion |
| 惠民 | Huì mín | (N) Huimin (place in Shandong) | |
| 基層人民法院 | 基层人民法院 | Jī céng rén mín fǎ yuàn | Basic people's court |
| 基督教民主聯盟 | 基督教民主联盟 | Jī dū jiào Mín zhǔ Lián méng | Christian Democratic Union (German political party) |
| 柬埔寨人民黨 | 柬埔寨人民党 | Jiǎn bù zhài Rén mín dǎng | Cambodian People's Party |
| 江澤民 | 江泽民 | jiāng zé mín | Jiang Zemin (Chinese Premier) |
| 解放巴勒斯坦人民陣線 | 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 |
| 居民 | jū mín | resident; inhabitant | |
| 軍民 | 军民 | jūn mín | army-civilian; military-masses; military-civilian |
| 聯合國難民事務高級專員辦事處 | 联合国难民事务高级专员办事处 | Lián hé guó Nàn mín Shì wù Gāo jí Zhuān yuán Bàn shì chù | Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) |
| 美國公民自由聯盟 | 美国公民自由联盟 | Měi guó Gōng mín Zì yóu Lián méng | American Civil Liberties Union |
| 美國人民 | 美国人民 | měi guó rén mín | the American people |
| 民 | mín | the people; nationality; citizen | |
| 民兵 | mín bīng | people's militia; militia | |
| 民調 | 民调 | mín diào | opinion poll |
| 民法 | mín fǎ | civil law | |
| 民法典 | mín fǎ diǎn | civil code | |
| 民豐 | 民丰 | Mín fēng | (N) Minfeng (place in Xinjiang) |
| 民風 | 民风 | mín fēng | (n) folkways |
| 民歌 | mín gē | folk song | |
| 民航 | mín háng | (n) civil aviation | |
| 民和 | Mín hé | (N) Minhe Huizu Tuzu autonomous county (place in Qinghai) | |
| 民間 | 民间 | mín jiān | among the people; popular; folk; non-governmental; involving people rather than governments |
| 民間故事 | 民间故事 | mín jiān gù shi | (n) folk story; folktale |
| 民間藝術 | 民间艺术 | mín jiān yì shù | folk art |
| 民間音樂 | 民间音乐 | mín jiān yīn yuè | folk music |
| 民間組織 | 民间组织 | mín jiān zǔ zhī | humanitarian organization |
| 民進黨 | 民进党 | mín jìn dǎng | DPP (Democratic Progressive Party, Taiwan) |
| 民勤 | Mín qín | (N) Minqin (place in Gansu) | |
| 民權 | 民权 | mín quán | civil liberties |
| 民生 | mín shēng | people's livelihood; people's welfare | |
| 民事 | mín shì | civil case; agricultural affairs; civil | |
| 民事訴訟 | 民事诉讼 | mín shì sù sòng | (n) common pleas |
| 民數記 | 民数记 | mín shù jì | Numbers |
| 民俗學 | 民俗学 | mín sú xué | folklore |
| 民雄鄉 | 民雄乡 | Mín xióng xiāng | (N) Minhsiung (village in Taiwan) |
| 民選 | 民选 | mín xuǎn | democratically elected |
| 民謠 | 民谣 | mín yáo | ballad |
| 民意 | mín yì | public opinion; popular will; public will | |
| 民意測驗 | 民意测验 | mín yì cè yàn | opinion poll |
| 民意調查 | 民意调查 | mín yì diào chá | opinion poll |
| 民營化 | 民营化 | mín yíng huà | privatization |
| 民用 | mín yòng | (for) civilian use | |
| 民用核國家 | 民用核国家 | mín yòng hé guó jiā | civil nuclear power |
| 民樂 | 民乐 | mín yuè | music, esp. folk music, for traditional instruments |
| 民運 | 民运 | mín yùn | civil transport; movement aimed at the masses; democracy movement (abbr.) |
| 民政總署大樓 | 民政总署大楼 | Mín zhèng Zǒng shǔ Dà lóu | Leal Senado |
| 民眾 | 民众 | mín zhòng | populace; masses; the people |
| 民眾法庭 | 民众法庭 | Mín zhòng Fǎ tíng | Heliaia |
| 民主 | mín zhǔ | democracy | |
| 民主黨 | 民主党 | mín zhǔ dǎng | Democratic Party |
| 民主黨人 | 民主党人 | mín zhǔ dǎng rén | a Democratic party member |
| 民主化 | mín zhǔ huà | (n) democratization; (vi) democratize | |
| 民主集中制 | mín zhǔ jí zhōng zhì | democratic centralism | |
| 民主政治 | mín zhǔ zhèng zhì | democracy; democratic | |
| 民主主義者 | 民主主义者 | mín zhǔ zhǔ yì zhě | democrats |
| 民族 | mín zú | nationality; ethnic group | |
| 民族舞蹈 | mín zú wǔ dǎo | folk dance | |
| 民族學 | 民族学 | mín zú xué | (n) ethnology |
| 民族主義 | 民族主义 | mín zú zhǔ yì | nationalism |
| 民族主義情緒 | 民族主义情绪 | mín zú zhǔ yì qíng xù | nationalist feelings; nationalist sentiment |
| 民族自決 | 民族自决 | mín zú zì jué | self-determination |
| 牧民 | mù mín | herdsman | |
| 牧民武裝部隊 | 牧民武装部队 | Mù mín Wǔ zhuāng Bù duì | Janjaweed |
| 難民 | 难民 | nàn mín | refugee |
| 難民營 | 难民营 | nàn mín yíng | refugee camp |
| 農民 | 农民 | nóng mín | peasant |
| 農民黨 | 农民党 | Nóng mín dǎng | Peasant Party (Republic of China) |
| 農民工 | 农民工 | nóng mín gōng | migrant workers |
| 農民起義 | 农民起义 | nóng mín qǐ yì | peasant revolt |
| 歐加登民族解放陣線 | 欧加登民族解放阵线 | ōu jiā dēng Mín zú Jiě fàng Zhèn xiàn | Ogaden National Liberation Front |
| 貧民 | 贫民 | pín mín | (n) poor people |
| 貧民區 | 贫民区 | pín mín qū | (n) skid row; slum |
| 平民 | píng mín | (ordinary) people; commoner; civilian | |
| 遷居移民 | 迁居移民 | qiān jū yí mín | immigration |
| 全國民主聯盟 | 全国民主联盟 | Quán guó Mín zhǔ Lián méng | National League for Democracy |
| 全國人民代表大會 | 全国人民代表大会 | Quán guó Rén mín Dài biǎo Dà huì | National People's Congress |
| 全民 | quán mín | (n) the entire population of a country | |
| 全民公決 | 全民公决 | quán mín gōng jué | referendum |
| 全民皆兵 | quán mín jiē bīng | militarization | |
| 人民 | rén mín | (the) people | |
| 人民幣 | 人民币 | rén mín bì | Chinese unit of currency; Renminbi |
| 人民大會堂 | 人民大会堂 | rén mín dà huì táng | Great Hall of the People, at Tiananmen Square |
| 人民法院 | rén mín fǎ yuàn | people's court (of law); people's tribunal | |
| 人民公社 | rén mín gōng shè | people's commune | |
| 人民解放軍 | 人民解放军 | rén mín jiě fàng jūn | People's Liberation Army |
| 人民民主專政 | 人民民主专政 | rén mín mín zhǔ zhuān zhèng | people's democratic dictatorship |
| 人民日報 | 人民日报 | rén mín rì bào | Renmin Ribao (People's Daily) |
| 人民行動黨 | 人民行动党 | rén mín xíng dòng dǎng | People's Action Party (ruling party in Singapore) |
| 人民英雄紀念碑 | 人民英雄纪念碑 | rén mín yīng xióng jì niàn bēi | Monument to the People's Heroes, at Tiananmen Square |
| 人民戰爭 | 人民战争 | rén mín zhàn zhēng | people's war |
| 人民陣線 | 人民阵线 | rén mín zhèn xiàn | (n) popular front |
| 薩帕塔民族解放運動 | 萨帕塔民族解放运动 | Sà pà tǎ Mín zú Jiě fàng Yùn dòng | Zapatista Army of National Liberation |
| 塞爾維亞民主黨 | 塞尔维亚民主党 | Sāi ěr wéi yà Mín zhǔ dǎng | Democratic Party of Serbia |
| 三民區 | 三民区 | Sān mín qū | (N) Sanmin (area in Taiwan) |
| 三民鄉 | 三民乡 | Sān mín xiāng | (N) Sanmin (village in Taiwan) |
| 三民主義 | 三民主义 | sān mín zhǔ yì | Three Principles of the People |
| 桑地諾民族解放陣線 | 桑地诺民族解放阵线 | Sāng dì nuò Mín zú Jiě fàng Zhèn xiàn | Sandinista National Liberation Front |
| 上海人民廣場 | 上海人民广场 | Shàng hǎi Rén mín Guǎng chǎng | People's Square in Shanghai |
| 少數民族 | 少数民族 | shǎo shù mín zú | minority nationality; national minority |
| 社會民主黨 | 社会民主党 | shè huì mín zhǔ dǎng | Social Democratic Party |
| 社會民主主義 | 社会民主主义 | shè huì mín zhǔ zhǔ yì | social democracy |
| 市民 | shì mín | city resident | |
| 庶民 | shù mín | [Literary] the common people; the multitude | |
| 蘇格蘭民族黨 | 苏格兰民族党 | Sū gé lán Mín zú dǎng | Scottish National Party |
| 蘇民納縣 | 苏民纳县 | Sū mín nà xiàn | Sumenep |
| 台灣民主自治同盟 | 台湾民主自治同盟 | Tái wān Mín zhǔ Zì zhì Tóng méng | Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League |
| 王建民 | Wáng Jiàn mín | Chien-Ming Wang (a Taiwanese starting pitcher for the New York Yankees in Major League Baseball, MLB) | |
| 網民 | 网民 | wǎng mín | netizen |
| 無業游民 | 无业游民 | wú yè yóu mín | unemployed |
| 香港移民潮 | Xiāng Gǎng yí mín cháo | Hong Kong Mass Migration Wave | |
| 新民 | Xīn mín | (N) Xinmin (city in Liaoning) | |
| 新民晚報 | 新民晚报 | Xīn mín Wǎn bào | Xinmin Evening News |
| 新民主主義 | 新民主主义 | Xīn mín zhǔ zhǔ yì | New Democracy |
| 新民主主義革命 | 新民主主义革命 | Xīn mín zhǔ zhǔ yì gé mìng | New Democracy revolution |
| 新殖民主義 | 新殖民主义 | xīn zhí mín zhǔ yì | neocolonialism |
| 選民 | 选民 | xuǎn mín | voter |
| 選民參加率 | 选民参加率 | xuǎn mín cān jiā lǜ | voter participation rate |
| 選民登記 | 选民登记 | xuǎn mín dēng jì | voter registration |
| 選民投票登記卡 | 选民投票登记卡 | xuǎn mín tóu piào dēng jì kǎ | voter registration card |
| 移民 | yí mín | to immigrate; to migrate | |
| 移民者 | yí mín zhě | migrant; immigrant | |
| 印度國民軍 | 印度国民军 | Yìn dù guó mín jūn | Indian National Army |
| 印度人民黨 | 印度人民党 | Yìn dù rén mín dǎng | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 漁民 | 渔民 | yú mín | fisherman; fisher folk |
| 裕民 | Yù mín | (N) Yumin (place in Xinjiang) | |
| 原住民 | yuán zhù mín | indigenous peoples; aborigine | |
| 災民 | 灾民 | zāi mín | victim (of a disaster) |
| 殖民 | zhí mín | colony; colonial | |
| 殖民地 | zhí mín dì | colony | |
| 殖民主義 | 殖民主义 | zhí mín zhǔ yì | (n) colonialism |
| 中國國民黨革命委員會 | 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 |
| 中國民航 | 中国民航 | zhōng guó mín háng | General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC) |
| 中國民主促進會 | 中国民主促进会 | Zhōng guó Mín zhǔ Cù jìn huì | China Association for Promoting Democracy |
| 中國民主建國會 | 中国民主建国会 | Zhōng guó Mín zhǔ Jiàn guó huì | China Democratic National Construction Association |
| 中國民主同盟 | 中国民主同盟 | Zhōng guó Mín zhǔ Tóng méng | China Democratic League |
| 中國人民 | 中国人民 | Zhōng guó rén mín | the Chinese people |
| 中國人民大學 | 中国人民大学 | Zhōng guó Rén mín Dà xué | Renmin University of China |
| 中國人民解放軍 | 中国人民解放军 | Zhōng guó Rén mín Jiě fàng jūn | Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) |
| 中國人民解放軍海軍 | 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) |
| 中國人民解放軍空軍 | 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) |
| 中國人民武裝警察部隊 | 中国人民武装警察部队 | Zhōng guó Rén mín Wǔ zhuāng Jǐng chá Bù duì | People's Armed Police (PAP) |
| 中國人民政治協商會議 | 中国人民政治协商会议 | Zhōng guó Rén mín Zhèng zhì Xié shāng Huì yì | Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference |
| 中華民國 | 中华民国 | Zhōng huá Mín guó | Republic of China |
| 中華民國國軍 | 中华民国国军 | Zhōng huá Mín guó guó jūn | military of the Republic of China |
| 中華民族 | 中华民族 | zhōng huá mín zú | the Chinese people |
| 中華人民共和國 | 中华人民共和国 | Zhōng huá Rén mín Gòng hé guó | The People's Republic of China |
| 中華人民共和國監察部 | 中华人民共和国监察部 | Zhōng huá Rén mín Gòng hé guó Jiān chá bù | Ministry of Supervision of the People's Republic of China |
| 中華人民共和國中央軍事委員會 | 中华人民共和国中央军事委员会 | Zhōng huá Rén mín Gòng hé guó Zhōng yāng Jūn shì Wěi yuán huì | PRC Central Military Commission |
| 中級人民法院 | 中级人民法院 | Zhōng jí rén mín fǎ yuàn | Intermediate people's court |
| 中央民族大學 | 中央民族大学 | Zhōng yāng Mín zú Dà xué | Central University for Nationalities |
| 自民黨 | 自民党 | zì mín dǎng | Liberal Democratic Party (Japanese political party) |
| 自由民主黨 | 自由民主党 | Zì yóu Mín zhǔ dǎng | Liberal Democratic Party |
| 最高人民法院 | Zuì gāo rén mín fǎ yuàn | Supreme People's Court |
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