Chinese

人民

rénmín
people (collectively, as members of society)
  • HSK 3
  • TOCFL 5

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Origin

Attestable in pre-Qin texts as a term meaning "common people". Modern sense first attested in An English and Chinese dictionary published in 1884 by W. Lobscheid.

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Lineage

  • characterChinese人 “man; person; people (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 隻／只 h)”
  • characterChinese民 “people; citizens”

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