民
间

Among the people in Chinese: 民间 (mín jiān)

mín jiān

among the people

HSK 3.0 Level 3Traditional: 民間1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1among the people
  2. 2popular
  3. 3folk
  4. 4non-governmental
  5. 5involving people rather than governments

Stroke order

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民
间

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ㄇㄧㄣˊ

mín

ㄇ/ mㄧ/ iㄣ/ enˊ/ second tone

ㄐㄧㄢ

jiān

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄢ/ an—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

民间

Simplified

民間

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 这是一个古老的民间故事。

    zhè shì yí gè gǔ lǎo de mín jiān gù shì。

    This is an ancient folk tale.

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Related words

间

jiān

between

房间

fáng jiān

room

时间

shí jiān

time

中间

zhōng jiān

the middle

民族

mín zú

nationality

空间

kōng jiān

space

民主

mín zhǔ

democracy

农民

nóng mín

peasant

期间

qī jiān

period of time

移民

yí mín

to immigrate

公民

gōng mín

citizen

人民

rén mín

the people

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