jiàn mín

Traditional: 賤民

贱民 (jiàn mín) is a Chinese word meaning “social stratum below the level of ordinary people; untouchable; dalit (India caste)”.

Meanings

  1. 1social stratum below the level of ordinary people
  2. 2untouchable
  3. 3dalit (India caste)

Characters in 贱民

贱jiàn · inexpensive民mín · (bound form) the people

Related words

人民the people贱人slut公民citizen民(bound form) the people民surname Min移民to immigrate居民resident; inhabitant平民ordinary people; commoner (contrasted with the privileged)市民city resident; townspeople贱inexpensive民主democracy民众the populace; the masses; the common people

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