Chinese symbol for “peasant”
农民
nóng mín
Traditional: 農民
peasant; farmer
The closest CC-CEDICT match for peasant is 农民 (nóng mín), defined as: peasant; farmer.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “peasant”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 农夫 (農夫) | nóng fū | peasant; farmer |
| 庄稼汉 (莊稼漢) | zhuāng jia hàn | peasant; farmer |
| 泥腿子 | ní tuǐ zi | peasant; yokel |
| 泥腿 | ní tuǐ | peasant; yokel |
| 里人 | lǐ rén | person from the same village, town or province; peasant (derog.) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 农民.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 农业 (農業) | nóng yè | agriculture; farming |
| 农村 (農村) | nóng cūn | rural area; village |
| 农场 (農場) | nóng chǎng | farm |
| 农产品 (農產品) | nóng chǎn pǐn | agricultural produce |
| 农药 (農藥) | nóng yào | agricultural chemical; farm chemical |
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
| 民主 | mín zhǔ | democracy; democratic |
| 民族 | mín zú | nationality; ethnic group |
See also: Japanese symbol for “peasant”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.