HSK 5 · Work

农民 nóngmín “farmer” in Chinese

Traditional 農民

What 农民 means

  1. farmer
  2. peasant

How to say 农民

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale农nóng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale民mín2nd tone, rising

农民 in a sentence

  1. 农民总是抱怨天气。

    Nóngmín zǒngshì bàoyuàn tiānqì.

    Farmers always complain about the weather.

    Sentence #7774819 from Tatoeba

  2. 在收获季节里农民非常忙碌。

    Zài shōuhuò jìjié lǐ nóngmín fēicháng mánglù.

    Farmers are very busy during the harvest season.

    Sentence #1597377 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 农民在春天播种。

    Nóngmín zài chūntiān bōzhǒng.

    Farmers sow seeds in the spring.

    Sentence #375323 from Tatoeba

How 农民 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 农 (nóng) drawn as one shape
农nóngagriculture

农 is a single shape of 6 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

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 农民

农 6 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.

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

Words related to 农民

Words with 农

农村nóngcūn · rural area农业nóngyè · agriculture农历nónglì · lunar calendar

Words with 民

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

More words: Work & Career

领导lǐngdǎo · leader秘书mìshū · secretary名片míngpiàn · (business) card模特mótè · (fashion) model农业nóngyè · agriculture培训péixùn · to train企业qǐyè · company人事rénshì · personnel

FAQs

农民 (nóngmín) means “farmer” or “peasant”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it nóngmín: nóng with a 2nd 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.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 农民 is written 農民. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type nongmin with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 农民 from the suggestions. Typing nongmin into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
农民 is an HSK 5 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.