农民

農民

nóngmín

noun HSK 3 #6,602

Measure Word

一位农民 wèi

Meanings

1 farmer
2 peasant

Characters

people; citizen

Examples

我爷爷是一位农民。

Wǒ yéye shì yī wèi nóngmín.

My grandfather is a farmer.

农民的生活越来越好了。

Nóngmín de shēnghuó yuè lái yuè hǎo le.

Farmers' lives are getting better and better.

这里的农民主要种水稻。

Zhèlǐ de nóngmín zhǔyào zhòng shuǐdào.

The farmers here mainly grow rice.

Tips

culture

农民 has historically been an important social class in China. In traditional Chinese society, the four occupations were 士农工商 (scholars, farmers, artisans, merchants), with farmers ranked second.

Stroke Order

农 nóng

民 mín