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Ordinary people in Chinese: 平民 (píng mín)

píng mín

ordinary people

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1ordinary people
  2. 2commoner
  3. 3civilian

Stroke order

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平
民

Zhuyin

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ㄆㄧㄥˊ

píng

ㄆ/ pㄧ/ iㄥ/ engˊ/ second tone

ㄇㄧㄣˊ

mín

ㄇ/ mㄧ/ iㄣ/ enˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

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  • 他虽然有钱，却过着平民的生活。

    tā suī rán yǒu qián， què guò zhe píng mín de shēng huó。

    Though he is wealthy, he lives the life of an ordinary person.

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Related words

平

píng

flat

水平

shuǐ píng

level (of achievement etc)

民族

mín zú

nationality

平时

píng shí

ordinarily

公平

gōng píng

fair

和平

hé píng

peace

民主

mín zhǔ

democracy

农民

nóng mín

peasant

平常

píng cháng

ordinary

平等

píng děng

equal

平方

píng fāng

square (as in square foot, square mile, square root)

平衡

píng héng

balance

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