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族

zú

HSK 4 Character

What 族 means

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

Example sentences

• 她是啃老族。
  Tā shì kěnlǎozú.
  She's still dependent on her parents.
• 你是维族人吗？
  Are you an Uighur?
• 您是维族人吗？
  Are you an Uighur?
• 他反对种族歧视。
  Tā fǎnduì zhǒngzúqíshì.
  He fought against racial discrimination.
• 这么讲很种族主义。
  Zhème jiǎng hěn zhǒngzúzhǔyì.
  It's a racist thing to say.
• 汤姆是种族主义者。
  Tāngmǔ shì zhǒngzúzhǔyìzhě.
  Tom is a racist.

Words starting with 族

• 族人zú rénclansman; clan members; relatives
• 族群zú qúnethnic group; community
• 族长zú zhǎngclan elder
• 族裔zú yìethnic group
• 族谱zú pǔgenealogical record; family history; lineage
• 族权zú quánclan authority; clan power
• 族类zú lèiclan; race
• 族灭zú mièto execute all of sb's relatives (as punishment) (old)
• 族诛zú zhūto execute all of sb's relatives (as punishment) (old)

Words containing 族

• 民族mín zúnationality; ethnic group
• 贵族guì zúlord; nobility; nobleman
• 种族zhǒng zúrace; ethnic group
• 家族jiā zúfamily; clan
• 中华民族Zhōng huá mín zúthe Chinese nation; the Chinese people…
• 少数民族shǎo shù mín zúethnic minority
• 藏族Zàng zúTibetan ethnic group
• 汉族Hàn zúHan ethnic group, the majority ethnic group in China
• 回族Huí zúHui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)
• 民族主义mín zú zhǔ yìnationalism; national self-determination; principle of nationalism, the first of Dr Sun…
• 苗族Miáo zúMiao ethnic group
• 上班族shàng bān zúoffice workers (as social group)
• 满族Mǎn zúManchu ethnic group
• 彝族Yí zúYi ethnic group
• 蒙古族Měng gǔ zúMongol ethnic group
• 氏族shì zúclan
• 傣族Dǎi zúDai ethnic group
• 种族歧视zhǒng zú qí shìracial discrimination; racism
• 民族英雄mín zú yīng xióngnational hero
• 维吾尔族Wéi wú ěr zúUyghur ethnic group
• 白族Bái zúBai ethnic group
• 宗族zōng zúclan; clansman
• 壮族Zhuàng zúZhuang ethnic group, the largest ethnic minority in China
• 朝鲜族Cháo xiǎn zúKorean ethnic group; Koreans (major ethnic group of the Korean Peninsula)…

Characters that look like 族

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 换huànto exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute
• 旋xuánto revolve; a loop; a circle
• 梭suō(textiles) shuttle
• 揣chuāito put into (one's pockets, clothes); Taiwan pr. chuǎi
• 跛bǒto limp; lame; crippled
• 旌jīngbanner; make manifest

Sounds the same

Read zú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 足(bound form) foot; leg; sufficient; ample; as much as; fully
• 卒soldier; servant; to finish
• 镞arrowhead; sharp
• 哫to cajole
• 崒rocky peaks; lofty and dangerous
• 卆variant of 卒; to die