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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
zú | zu2
English translation
race
nationality
ethnicity
clan
by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族 shàng bān zú )
race, nationality, ethnicity; tribe, clan

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Fāng

Part of speech

Noun morpheme / 名语素 Míng yǔsù

Learning hint

A group of people that swear by shǐ a single flag  Fāng

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

Fāng ⿱? shǐ

Explanation

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

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每个种族 zhǒngzú dōu huì 争取 zhēngqǔ de 拥有权 yōng yǒu quán : rén lèi , 矮人 aǐ rén , 巫师 wū shī .

Everyone will try to claim it: Men, Dwarves, wizards.

现代 Xiàndài 文学 wénxué 家族 jiā zú wéi 创作 chuàngzuò de 小说 xiǎoshuō 拥有 yōngyǒu 共性 gòng xìng de 叙事 xù shì 形式 xíngshì .

The fictions with family motif in modern have uniform narrative form.

这个 zhè ge 家族 jiā zú de 家史 shǎng le 一层 yī céng 神秘 shénmì de 色彩 sècǎi .

The history of the family is cloaked in mystery.

zhè wèi lǎo 贵族 guìzú mái zài 家族 jiā zú de 墓地 mù dì .

The old patrician was buried in the family vault.

尽管 jǐnguǎn qióng , dàn shì 贵族 guìzú 出身 chūshēn .

Though poor, he has blue blood in his veins.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
家族 jiā zú family家族 jiā zú
民族 mínzú nationality民族 mínzú
race
种族 zhǒngzú race種族
贵族 guìzú lord貴族
族人 zú rén clansman族人 zú rén
少数民族 shǎo shù mín zú national minority少數民族
中华民族 Zhōng huá mín zú the Chinese people中華民族
种族主义 zhǒng zú zhǔ yì racism種族主義
部族 bù zú tribe部族 bù zú
种族歧视 zhǒng zú qí shì racism種族歧視
汉族 Hàn zú Han ethnic group漢族
藏族 Zàng zú Tibetan ethnic group藏族 Zàng zú
水族馆 shuǐ zú guǎn aquarium (building or park)水族館
苗族 Miáo zú Hmong or Miao ethnic group of southwest China苗族 Miáo zú
皇族 huáng zú royal kin皇族 huáng zú
塞族 Sāi zú Serbs塞族 Sāi zú
民族主义 mín zú zhǔ yì nationalism民族主義
氏族 shì zú clan氏族 shì zú
族群 zú qún ethnic group族群 zú qún
胡图族 Hú tú zú Hutu, an ethnic group in Rwanda and Burundi胡圖族
异族 yì zú different tribe異族
蒙古族 Měng gǔ zú Mongol ethnic group of north China and Inner Mongolia蒙古族 Měng gǔ zú
回族 Huí zú Hui Islamic ethnic group living across China回族 Huí zú

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