Chinese words starting with “min”
12 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable min. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 2 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial m · final in · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 2nd tone 9
- 3rd tone 3
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 民族mín zúHSK 3
nationality; ethnic group
- 民间mín jiānHSK 3
among the people; popular; folk; non-governmental; involving people rather than governments
All 12 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 敏感 | mǐn gǎn | a,an | sensitive; susceptible | |
| 2 | 民主 | mín zhǔ | a,an,ad | democracy | |
| 3 | 民众 | mín zhòng | n | the populace; the masses; the common people | |
| 4 | 民办 | mín bàn | run by the local people; privately operated | ||
| 5 | 敏锐 | mǐn ruì | a,an,ad | keen; sharp; acute | |
| 6 | 敏捷 | mǐn jié | a,an,ad | nimble; quick; shrewd | |
| 7 | 民用 | mín yòng | b | (for) civilian use | |
| 8 | 民意 | mín yì | n | public opinion; popular will; public will | |
| 9 | 民工 | mín gōng | n | migrant worker (who moved from a rural area of China to a city to find work); temporary worker enlisted on a public project | |
| 10 | 民歌 | mín gē | n | folk song | |
| 11 | 民俗 | mín sú | n | popular custom | |
| 12 | 民警 | mín jǐng | n | civil police; PRC police; abbr. for 人民警察 |
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