HSK 6 · Society

民间 mínjiān “folk” in Chinese

Traditional 民間

What 民间 means

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

How to say 民间

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale民mín2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale间jiān1st tone, high and level

民间 in a sentence

  1. 剪纸是一种民间艺术。

    Jiǎnzhǐ shì yì zhǒng mínjiān yìshù.

    Paper-cutting is a folk art.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这是一个流传很久的民间故事。

    Zhè shì yí ge liúchuán hěn jiǔ de mínjiān gùshi.

    This is a folk tale that has been handed down for a long time.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 民间 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 民 (mín) with each of its parts in a different colour
民mínthe people
  • 巳part of the character
  • 戈halberd · gē
The character 间 (jiān) with each of its parts in a different colour
间jiānbetween
  • 门gate · mén
  • 日sun · rì

Memory aidSunlight 日 coming through a gap in the gate 门: a gap, the space between, a room.

How to write 民间

民 5 strokes · 间 7 strokes

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

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

Words related to 民间

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公民gōngmín · citizen民主mínzhǔ · democracy殖民地zhímíndì · colony

Words with 间

间jiān · (measure word for rooms)时间shíjiān · time房间fángjiān · room中间zhōngjiān · middle洗手间xǐshǒujiān · toilet之间zhījiān · between卫生间wèishēngjiān · bathroom期间qījiān · period of time空间kōngjiān · space间隔jiàngé · interval

More words: Society & Law

掠夺lüèduó · to plunder埋伏máifu · to lie in ambush面子miànzi · face名誉míngyù · reputation民主mínzhǔ · democracy虐待nüèdài · to abuse奴隶núlì · slave殴打ōudǎ · to beat up

FAQs

民间 (mínjiān) means “folk” or “among the people”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it mínjiān: mín with a 2nd tone, then jiān with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 民间 is written 民間. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type minjian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 民间 from the suggestions. Typing minjian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
民间 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.