Chinese symbol for “townspeople”
市民
shì mín
city resident; townspeople
The closest CC-CEDICT match for townspeople is 市民 (shì mín), defined as: city resident; townspeople.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “townspeople”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 市民.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 城市 | chéng shì | city; town; measure word: 座 (zuò) |
| 市场 (市場) | shì chǎng | marketplace; market; bazaar; (economics) market |
| 市长 (市長) | shì zhǎng | mayor |
| 上市 | shàng shì | to hit the market (of a new product); to float (a company on the stock market) |
| 市区 (市區) | shì qū | urban district; downtown |
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
| 民主 | mín zhǔ | democracy; democratic |
| 民族 | mín zú | nationality; ethnic group |
See also: Japanese symbol for “townspeople”.
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.