# 平民 (píngmín)

In Mandarin Chinese, 平民 (píngmín) means “ordinary people; civilian”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: ordinary people; civilian
- Pinyin: píngmín (ping2 min2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 战争给无辜的平民带来了灾难。
  Zhànzhēng gěi wúgū de píngmín dài láile zāinàn.
  The war brought disaster to innocent civilians.

## Characters

- [平](https://hanziro.com/word/ping-flat/) (píng): flat; to make even
- 民 (mín): the people; inhabitants of a country

https://hanziro.com/word/ping-min-ordinary-people/

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