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农民 (nóng mín) — peasant; farmer

Definition

农民 refers to the people who farm — the person doing agricultural work, not the place (农村) or the activity (农业). Use 农场 for the farm itself, 农田 for the fields they work.

noun
peasantfarmer
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 农民。
    Hěn duō nóng mín zài chéng shì lǐ mài cài.
    Many farmers sell vegetables in the city.
  • ，农民。
    Tā cóng xiǎo zài nóng cūn zhǎng dà, fù mǔ dōu shì nóng mín.
    He grew up in the countryside, and both his parents are farmers.
  • 农民。
    Zhè xiē nóng mín zhǒng le dà mǐ hé shū cài.
    These farmers grow rice and vegetables.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

农nóngagriculture
民mínpeople

农 is farming or rural life, and 民 is people, so farmers.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 農; 农 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 農 comes from 林 (vegetation) and 辰 (a hoe), showing a hoe among vegetation to remove weeds; the simplified 农 is a later abbreviation.

Open 农 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The early form of 民 shows an eye pierced by a sharp cross-shaped implement, possibly linked to an injured or unclear eye.

Open 民 →
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HSK 3.0 Level 5HSK 2.0 Level 5Agriculture & Farming

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