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民间

民间 mínjiān

民间 mínjiān Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 5 English Translations of the word 民间 mínjiān .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
mínjiān | min2 jian1
English translation
among the people
popular
folk
non-governmental
involving people rather than governments

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Traditional form

民間

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 民间 mínjiān

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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
jiān

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Simplified form of jiān . Depicts sunlight () shining through the gap in a door ( mén ).

Positional decomposition

门日

Number of Strokes

7

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Example sentences using 民间 mínjiān

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这个 zhè ge 民间 mínjiān 消防队 xiāo fáng duì 房顶 fáng dǐng le wàng shào 一样 yīyàng , 最初 zuìchū shì zài 自愿 zìyuàn de 基础 jīchǔ shǎng 募集 mù jí de .

The fire guard, like the roof - watchers, was at first recruited on a voluntary basis.

布艺 剪纸 jiǎn zhǐ xiù děng 民间 mínjiān 手工艺品闻名遐迩 wén míng xiá ěr .

Cloth, paper cutting, embroidery and other famous folk arts and crafts.

星期一 Xīng qī yī 通常 tōngcháng shì 民间 mínjiān chūn de 日子 rìzi .

Easter Monday is generally regarded as an unofficial consecration of Spring.

剧本 jùběn 吸收 xīshōu le 三个苏格兰 Sū gé lán 民间故事 mín jiān gù shi bìng 它们 tā men 相互 xiāng hù 衔接起来

The play takes three Scottish tales and interlinks them.

2012 Nián 诺贝尔文学奖 Nuò bèi ěr Wén xué Jiǎng 得主 dé zhǔ wéi 莫言 Mò Yán hěn hǎo de jiāng 魔幻 mó huàn 现实 xiànshí 民间故事 mín jiān gù shi 历史 lìshǐ 当代 dāngdài 结合 jiéhé zài 一起 yīqǐ

The 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Mo Yan"who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary".

民间 mínjiān Decomposition

See the 2 Chinese characters that make up 民间 mínjiān and their own compounds.

民间 mínjiān Compounds

See all 33 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 民间 mínjiān in their composition.

  • Mín
    • mǐn
      • mǐn , mǐn , hūn
    • hūn
      • mǐn , mín , mín , , , ,
    • mián , máng , mín , mǐn , mǐn , mín , wěn , mǐn , guó , mín , mín , mín , , , , , , ,
  • jiān
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