HSK 6 · Society

公民 gōngmín “citizen” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 公民 means

  1. citizen

How to say 公民

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale公gōng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale民mín2nd tone, rising

公民 in a sentence

  1. 他是中国的公民。

    Tā shì Zhōngguó de gōngmín.

    He’s a Chinese citizen.

    Sentence #719109 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我是世界公民。

    Wǒ shì shìjiè gōngmín.

    I’m a citizen of the world.

    Sentence #2007054 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 她是一个英国公民，但她是在法国出生的。

    Tā shì yí ge Yīngguó gōngmín, dàn tā shì zài Fǎguó chūshēng de.

    She is a British citizen, but she was born in France.

    Sentence #1762966 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 公民 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 公 (gōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
公gōngpublic
  • 八eight · bā
  • 厶private · sī

Memory aidAn old explanation: share out 八 what is private 厶, and it becomes public.

The character 民 (mín) with each of its parts in a different colour
民mínthe people
  • 巳part of the character
  • 戈halberd · gē

How to write 公民

公 4 strokes · 民 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

公民 (gōngmín) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 公民 (gōngmín). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 公民

Words with 公

公司gōngsī · company公交车gōngjiāochē · public transport vehicle公共汽车gōnggòng qìchē · bus公斤gōngjīn · kilogram公园gōngyuán · public park办公室bàngōngshì · office公里gōnglǐ · kilometre高速公路gāosùgōnglù · motorway外公wàigōng · grandpa (mother’s father)公元gōngyuán · CE (Common Era)

Words with 民

民族mínzú · nationality农民nóngmín · farmer移民yímín · to immigrate人民币rénmínbì · Renminbi (RMB)居民jūmín · resident渔民yúmín · fisherman民间mínjiān · folk民主mínzhǔ · democracy殖民地zhímíndì · colony

More words: Society & Law

革命gémìng · revolution个体gètǐ · individual公安局gōng'ānjú · public security bureau共和国gònghéguó · republic公证gōngzhèng · notarisation勾结gōujié · to collude with官方guānfāng · official管辖guǎnxiá · to have jurisdiction over

FAQs

公民 (gōngmín) means “citizen”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it gōngmín: gōng with a 1st tone, then mín with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 公民 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gongmin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 公民 from the suggestions. Typing gongmin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
公民 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.