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族 (zú): Stroke Order, Meaning & How to Write | HSK 5

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3.

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4.

How to Use 族

As a suffix meaning 'ethnic group, race, or clan'

族 is used as a suffix to form nouns referring to a group of people sharing common characteristics.

民族 • mín zú • nationality • HSK 4

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5.

HSK Vocabulary: 族

中华民族 • zhōng huá mín zú • the Chinese nation

HSK 3.0 · L5

zhōng中

huá

6.

Example Sentences

Zhōng中

guó国

yǒu有

wǔ五

shí十

liù六

gè

Information

Pinyinzú

Meaningclan, family, ethnic group

Strokes11

Radical方

Traditional族

StructureLeft-Right

Frequency#869

Zhuyinㄗㄨˊ

UnicodeU+65CF

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mín民

zú族

nationality

种族 • zhǒng zú • race • HSK 6

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zhǒng种

zú族

race

家族 • jiā zú • Family / Clan • HSK 3.0 · L7-9

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

jiā家

zú族

Family / Clan

华

mín民

zú族

the Chinese nation

贵族 • guì zú • aristocrat; nobility

HSK 6

guì贵

zú族

aristocrat; nobility

个

mín民

zú族

。

China has fifty-six ethnic groups/nationalities.

Tā他

men们

yǔ与

yì异

zú族

tōng通

hūn婚

。

They intermarried with a different ethnic group.

wǒ我

men们

jiā家

zú族

měi每

nián年

dōu都

jù聚

huì会

yí一

cì次

。

Our family gathers once every year.

Qiāng羌

zú族

shì是

Zhōng中

guó国

de的

yī一

gè个

shǎo少

shù数

mín民

zú族

。

The Qiang is an ethnic minority in China.

Zhè这

ge个

gǔ古

lǎo老

de的

zú族

yī一

zhí直

shēng生

huó活

zài在

shān山

lǐ里

。

This ancient clan has always lived in the mountains.

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旅lǚto travel, journey; military unit
方fāngsquare; honest; just now
施shīto carry out, to execute, to grant, to bestow
旁pángside, beside, lateral
旋xuánto revolve, to rotate, to circle
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