宗族
zōng zú
Pinyin

Definition

宗族
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zōng zú
  1. clan
  2. clansman

Related Words (20)

上班族
shàng bān zú
  1. 1 office workers (as social group)
宗师
zōng shī
  1. 1 great scholar respected for learning and integrity
家族
jiā zú
  1. 1 family
  2. 2 clan
族
zú
  1. 1 race
  2. 2 nationality
  3. 3 ethnicity
  4. 4 clan
  5. 5 by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族)
正宗
zhèng zōng
  1. 1 orthodox school
  2. 2 fig. traditional
  3. 3 old school
  4. 4 authentic
  5. 5 genuine
民族
mín zú
  1. 1 nationality
  2. 2 ethnic group
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
祖宗
zǔ zōng
  1. 1 ancestor
  2. 2 forebear
一族
yī zú
  1. 1 social group
  2. 2 subculture
  3. 3 family
  4. 4 clan
  5. 5 see also 族[zú]
传宗接代
chuán zōng jiē dài
  1. 1 to carry on one's ancestral line
啃老族
kěn lǎo zú
  1. 1 (coll.) adults still living with and depending on their parents
单身贵族
dān shēn guì zú
  1. 1 fig. unmarried person
  2. 2 single person (especially one who is comfortable financially)
回族
Huí zú
  1. 1 Hui Islamic ethnic group living across China
土家族
Tǔ jiā zú
  1. 1 Tujia ethnic group of Hunan
壮族
Zhuàng zú
  1. 1 Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi, the PRC's second most numerous ethnic group
大宗
dà zōng
  1. 1 large amount
  2. 2 staple
  3. 3 influential family of long standing
太宗
Tài zōng
  1. 1 posthumous name given to second emperor of a dynasty
  2. 2 King Taejong of Joseon Korea (1367-1422), reigned 1400-1418
宗
Zōng
  1. 1 surname Zong
宗教
zōng jiào
  1. 1 religion
宗旨
zōng zhǐ
  1. 1 objective
  2. 2 aim
  3. 3 goal
宗祠
zōng cí
  1. 1 ancestral temple
  2. 2 clan hall

Idioms (5)

名门望族
míng mén wàng zú
  1. 1 offspring a famous family (idiom); good breeding
  2. 2 blue blood
荣宗耀祖
róng zōng yào zǔ
  1. 1 to bring honor to one's ancestors (idiom)
  2. 2 also written 光宗耀祖
禅门五宗
chán mén wǔ zōng
  1. 1 the five schools of Chan Buddhism (idiom)
万变不离其宗
wàn biàn bù lí qí zōng
  1. 1 many superficial changes but no departure from the original stand (idiom); plus ça change, plus ça reste la mème chose
开宗明义
kāi zōng míng yì
  1. 1 to declare at the outset (idiom)

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