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民间

Traditional: 民間

mín jiān

HSK 3.0 · 3HSK 2.0 · 6

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

mín jiān · man4 gaan1 (Jyutping)

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

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

民

Meaning
people, subjects, citizens
Radical
民
Strokes
5
Components
⿻巳戈
Cangjie
RVP
Four-corner
7774.7

间

Meaning
midpoint, space; place, locality
Radical
门
Strokes
7
Components
⿵门日
Cangjie
ISA
Four-corner
3760

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