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TOPIK 3noun

시민

simin

시민이 · 시민을

citizen, city resident

Example

주말에 많은 시민들이 광장에 모였어요.

Many citizens gathered in the square on the weekend.

Word parts

시 city민 people

Literally 'city people'.

Good to know

시민 is a city's residents or citizens in a civic sense; 국민 is the people of a whole nation.