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公民

公民 gōngmín

公民 gōngmín Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 1 English Translations of the word 公民 gōngmín .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
gōngmín | gong1 min2
English translation
citizen

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Traditional form

公民 gōngmín

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 公民 gōngmín

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gōng

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Originally a pictograph of a vessel for holding liquid. The original meaning is now written as wèng , with the (pottery) component added at the bottom. The current meaning "public" is a phonetic loan.

Positional decomposition

八厶

Number of Strokes

4
Mín

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a line going into the eye. Relation to current meaning unclear.

Positional decomposition

巳戈

Number of Strokes

5

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Example sentences using 公民 gōngmín

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zài 攻占 gōng zhàn 巴士底狱 shí 表现 biǎoxiàn 良好 liánghǎo , shì , 公民 gōngmín ? ”

" You did good service at the taking of the Bastille, citizen? "

十八 shí bā suì 十八岁以上 yǐ shàng de 公民 gōngmín yǒu 选举权 xuǎn jǔ quán .

Citizens of eighteen years and upwards have the right to vote.

这些 zhè xiē 建筑 jiànzhù 禁止 jìnzhǐ 普通 pǔ tōng 公民 gōngmín 入内

These establishments are off limits to ordinary citizens.

虐待 nüèdài 儿童 értóng 案件 ànjiàn 常常 cháng cháng 没人举报 jǔ bào 或者 huòzhě wéi 缺乏 quēfá 相关 xiāngguān 知识 zhīshi de 公民 gōngmín suǒ 忽略 hūlüè

Cases of child abuse often go unreported or ignored by uninformed citizens.

公民 gōngmín 抗命 kàng mìng 不管 bùguǎn shì 暴力 bàolì 还是 háishi 非暴力 fēi bào lì de dōu shì 故意 gùyì 犯法 fàn fǎ

Civil disobedience, violent or non-violent, is intentional law breaking.

公民 gōngmín Decomposition

See the 2 Chinese characters that make up 公民 gōngmín and their own compounds.

公民 gōngmín Compounds

See all 75 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 公民 gōngmín in their composition.

  • gōng
    • Sōng
    • wēng
      • wēng , wěng , wěng , wěng , wěng , wěng , wěng , wēng , , wēng , , , , ,
    • gǔn
    • sòng , sòng , wèng , gōng , sōng , zhōng , zhōng , qiān , , , , , , , , , sòng , sòng
  • Mín
    • mǐn
      • mǐn , mǐn , hūn
    • hūn
      • mǐn , mín , mín , , , ,
    • mián , máng , mín , mǐn , mǐn , mín , wěn , mǐn , guó , mín , mín , mín , , , , , , ,
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