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民族 mínzú

民族 mínzú Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 4 English Translations of the word 民族 mínzú .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
mínzú | min2 zu2
English translation
nationality
ethnic group
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Traditional form

民族 mínzú

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 民族 mínzú

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Mín

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a line going into the eye. Relation to current meaning unclear.

Positional decomposition

巳戈

Number of Strokes

5

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Depicts a flag () representing a clan and an arrow ( shǐ ) representing their military power.

Positional decomposition

Fāng ⿱? shǐ

Number of Strokes

11

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Example sentences using 民族 mínzú

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他们 tā men shì 我们 wǒmen 民族 mínzú duì lǎn dài de 纵容 zòng róng .

They're the national apology for indolence.

警方 jǐng fāng shuì 他们 tā men 认为 rènwéi 袭击 xíjī shì 民族主义 mín zú zhǔ yì 分子 fèn zǐ 发动 fādòng de

Police say they believe the attacks were carried out by nationalists.

民族 mínzú 人口 rénkǒu 如此 rú cǐ 杂居 zá jū 肯定 kěndìng huì 发生冲突

The ethnic populations are so intermingled that there's bound to be conflict.

这个 zhè ge 民族 mínzú 历史 lìshǐ shǎng 可耻 kě chǐ de 一页

an inglorious chapter in the nation's history

这个 zhè ge 共和国 gònghéguó shì duō 民族 mínzú de 熔炉 róng lú

The republic is a melting pot of different nationalities.

民族 mínzú Decomposition

See the 3 Chinese characters that make up 民族 mínzú and their own compounds.

民族 mínzú Compounds

See all 35 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 民族 mínzú in their composition.

  • Mín
    • mǐn
      • mǐn , mǐn , hūn
    • hūn
      • mǐn , mín , mín , , , ,
    • mián , máng , mín , mǐn , mǐn , mín , wěn , mǐn , guó , mín , mín , mín , , , , , , ,
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