| 1 | 民族 | 民族 | mín zú | min2 zu2 | nationality; ethnic group; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 2 | 民主 | 民主 | mín zhǔ | min2 zhu3 | democracy | | |
| 3 | 民间 | 民間 | mín jiān | min2 jian1 | among the people; popular; folk; non-governmental; involving people rather than governments | | |
| 4 | 民 | 民 | mín | min2 | the people; nationality; citizen; surname Min | | |
| 5 | 民兵 | 民兵 | mín bīng | min2 bing1 | people's militia; militia; militiaman | | |
| 6 | 民众 | 民眾 | mín zhòng | min2 zhong4 | populace; masses; the people | | |
| 7 | 民主革命 | 民主革命 | mín zhǔ gé mìng | min2 zhu3 ge2 ming4 | democratic revolution; bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution) | | |
| 8 | 民国 | 民國 | mín guó | Min2 guo2 | Republic of China (1912-1949); used in Taiwan as the name of the calendar era (e.g. 民国六十年 is 1971, the 60th year after 1911) | | |
| 9 | 民主主义 | 民主主義 | mín zhǔ zhǔ yì | min2 zhu3 zhu3 yi4 | democracy | | |
| 10 | 民歌 | 民歌 | mín gē | min2 ge1 | folk song; Classifiers: 支 | | |
| 11 | 民事 | 民事 | mín shì | min2 shi4 | civil case; agricultural affairs; civil | | |
| 12 | 民主政治 | 民主政治 | mín zhǔ zhèng zhì | min2 zhu3 zheng4 zhi4 | democracy; democratic | | |
| 13 | 民俗 | 民俗 | mín sú | min2 su2 | popular custom | | |
| 14 | 民法 | 民法 | mín fǎ | min2 fa3 | civil law | | |
| 15 | 民主集中制 | 民主集中制 | mín zhǔ jí zhōng zhì | min2 zhu3 ji2 zhong1 zhi4 | democratic centralism | | |
| 16 | 民办 | 民辦 | mín bàn | min2 ban4 | run by the local people; privately operated | | |
| 17 | 民政 | 民政 | mín zhèng | min2 zheng4 | civil administration | | |
| 18 | 民用 | 民用 | mín yòng | min2 yong4 | (for) civilian use | | |
| 19 | 民事诉讼 | 民事訴訟 | mín shì sù sòng | min2 shi4 su4 song4 | common plea; civil appeal (as opposed to criminal case) | | |
| 20 | 民工 | 民工 | mín gōng | min2 gong1 | migrant worker; temporary worker enlisted on a public project | | |
| 21 | 民族主义 | 民族主義 | mín zú zhǔ yì | min2 zu2 zhu3 yi4 | nationalism; national self-determination; principle of nationalism, the first of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孙中山 Three Principles of the People 三民主义 (at the time, meaning parity between China and the great powers); racism | | |
| 22 | 民警 | 民警 | mín jǐng | min2 jing3 | civil police; PRC police; abbr. for 人民警察 | | |
| 23 | 民政局 | 民政局 | mín zhèng jú | Min2 zheng4 ju2 | Bureau of Civil Affairs | | |
| 24 | 民粹主义 | 民粹主義 | mín cuì zhǔ yì | min2 cui4 zhu3 yi4 | populism | | |
| 25 | 民族自决 | 民族自決 | mín zú zì jué | min2 zu2 zi4 jue2 | self-determination | | |