# 公民 (gōngmín)

In Mandarin Chinese, 公民 (gōngmín) means “citizen”. It is part of the HSK 3 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: citizen
- Pinyin: gōngmín (gong1 min2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 3
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 遵守法律是每位公民的责任。
  Zūnshǒu fǎlǜ shì měi wèi gōngmín de zérèn.
  Obeying the law is the duty of every citizen.

## Characters

- [公](https://hanziro.com/word/gong-public/) (gōng): public; common
- 民 (mín): the people; inhabitants of a country

https://hanziro.com/word/gong-min-citizen/

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