Chinese symbol for “villager”
村民
cūn mín
villager
The closest CC-CEDICT match for villager is 村民 (cūn mín), defined as: villager.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “villager”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乡民 (鄉民) | xiāng mín | villager; (Tw) (Internet slang) person who likes to follow online discussions and add their opinions |
| 乡下佬 (鄉下佬) | xiāng xia lǎo | villager; hick |
| 乡人 (鄉人) | xiāng rén | villager; fellow villager |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 村民.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 农村 (農村) | nóng cūn | rural area; village |
| 乡村 (鄉村) | xiāng cūn | rustic; village |
| 村庄 (村莊) | cūn zhuāng | village; hamlet |
| 村落 | cūn luò | village |
| 村里 | cūn lǐ | village; hamlet |
| 人民 | rén mín | the people |
| 民主 | mín zhǔ | democracy; democratic |
| 民族 | mín zú | nationality; ethnic group |
See also: Japanese symbol for “villager”.
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.