族

Race in Chinese: 族 (zú)

zú

race

HSK 3.0 Level 61 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1race
  2. 2nationality
  3. 3ethnicity
  4. 4clan
  5. 5by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族)

Stroke order

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族

Zhuyin

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ㄗㄨˊ

zú

ㄗ/ zㄨ/ uˊ/ second tone

Example sentences

See 族 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 我们国家有很多民族。

    wǒ men guó jiā yǒu hěn duō mín zú。

    Our country has many ethnic groups.

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Related words

民族

mín zú

nationality

贵族

guì zú

lord

家族

jiā zú

family

种族

zhǒng zú

race

上班族

shàng bān zú

office workers (as social group)

中华民族

zhōng huá mín zú

the Chinese nation

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