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HSK
the Chinese nation / the Chinese people (collective reference to all the ethnic groups in China)
HSK 3
nationality; ethnic group / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
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  *族* | 族* | *族
race / nationality / ethnicity / clan / by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族)
HSK 6
race / ethnicity
HSK 7-9
lord / nobility / nobleman / noblewoman / aristocrat / aristocracy
HSK 7-9
family / clan
HSK 7-9
Blang people, one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the PRC
Bunun, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
Shui ethnic group of Guangxi
collective term for aquatic animals
noble family / of Chinese ancestry
Tsou or Cou, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
office workers (as social group)
Tujia ethnic group of Hunan
ethnic minority
Han ethnic group
different tribe
Paiwan, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
puyuma, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
Amis or Pangcah, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
clan / clansman
extermination of an entire family (ancient Chinese punishment)
Atayal or Tayal, one of the indigenous ethnic groups of Taiwan
clan
large and influential family / clan
Tao or Yami, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
Thao, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
Saisiyat or Saisiat, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
influential family / powerful clan
(old) three generations (father, self and sons) / three clans (your own, your mother's, your wife's)
Tao or Yami, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
offspring a famous family (idiom); good breeding / blue blood
fig. unmarried person / single person (especially one who is comfortable financially)
Manchu ethnic group of Liaoning province
Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi, the PRC's second most numerous ethnic group
language branch
Yao ethnic group of southwest China and southeast Asia
people of a country / nation
Pingpu or Pepo aborigines (Taiwan), "plains tribes"
Korean ethnic group in China (mainly in northeast China) / the Koreans (major ethnic group on the Korean Peninsula)
Mongol ethnic group of north China and Inner Mongolia
the Semites
Han ethnic group
Jingpo ethnic group of Tibet and Yunnan
Nakhi ethnic group in Yunnan
birds
Tajik ethnic group
Russian ethnic group (of northeast China and Xinjiang etc) / Russian nationality / Russians (of Russia)
Lahu ethnic group of Yunnan
Gaoshan aborigines (Taiwan), "mountain tribes" (Tw) / Taiwanese aborigines (PRC)
the imperial family / royal kin
Uighur (Uyghur) ethnic group of Xinjiang
Ewenke ethnic group of Inner Mongolia
Xibo ethnic group of northeast China
Jinuo ethnic group
Kyrghiz ethnic group of Xinjiang
Hani ethnic group
Hezhen ethnic group of Heilongjiang province
Lisu ethnic group of Yunnan
Hmong or Miao ethnic group of southwest China
tribe; clan
distinguished or prominent family / influential clan (old)
Gelao or Klau ethnic group of Guizhou
Tatar ethnic group of Xinjiang
Yugur ethnic group of Gansu
Uzbek ethnic group of Xinjiang
Mulao ethnic group of Guangxi
Menba ethnic group
Bao'an, also called Bonan (ethnic group)
rich patriarchal family / aristocracy
land-owning class, esp. during Wei, Jin and North-South dynasties 魏晉南北朝|魏晋南北朝
Tibetan ethnic group
Pumi ethnic group
Maonan ethnic group of Guangxi
family members; fellow clansman
Qiang ethnic group, nowadays esp. in north Sichuan
old term for 壯族|壮族, Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi
Rukai, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
social group / subculture / family / clan / see also
Hui Islamic ethnic group living across China
Kam people, who live mostly in southern China and in the north of Laos and Vietnam
word family (cognate words within a given language)
Yi ethnic group
Nu ethnic group
the bereaved / family of the deceased
relatives / members of the same family, clan, tribe etc
Gin or Jing, ethnic minority of China, descendants of ethnic Vietnamese people living mainly in Guangxi / Kinh, the ethnic majority in Vietnam
Bai (ethnic group)
the Benglong (Penglung) ethnic group of Yunnan
Tu or White Mongol ethnic group of Qinghai
blood relations / one's own flesh and blood / kin
abbr. for 維吾爾族|维吾尔族, Uighur (Uyghur) ethnic group of Xinjiang
Wa, Kawa or Va ethnic group of Myanmar, south China and southeast Asia
(Tw) (neologism c. 2007) young person who is not studying, working or being trained for work (loanword from NEET: not in education, employment or training)
She ethnic group
people who go on walks for exercise / (Tw) rebel youth motorcycle group
subfamily
multiethnic
smartphone addicts

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