公民 (gung1 man4 | gong1 min2) : citizen

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公民

gung1 man4

gong1 min2

citizen

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 3,840,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

公民

This word has been viewed 1661 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by radagasty on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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Characters in this word:

公 gung1 - public; common; international; impartial
民 man4 - the people; civilian

7 compounds containing this word:

公民權 - citizenhood, citizenship
公民教育 - civic education
公民投票 - a referendum
公民抗命 - civil disobedience
公民教育委員會 - Committee on the Promotion of Civic Education
公民黨 - the Civic Party
Common Formations:
二等公民 - second-class citizen

Showing all 3 examples containing 公民

好在重有公民黨粵
Thank goodness, we still have the Civic Party.

好彩重有公民黨粵
Thank goodness, we still have the Civic Party.

幸好還有公民黨國
Thank goodness, we still have the Civic Party.

One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:

公文 gung1 man4 gong1 wen2 = official document; Kumon (Math and Reading Tutoring Method)

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Decimal representation of this word: 公民

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