氏族
shì zú
Pinyin

Definition

氏族
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shì zú
  1. clan

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

shàng bān zú
  1. 1 office workers (as social group)
jiā zú
  1. 1 family
  2. 2 clan
  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)
shì
  1. 1 clan name
  2. 2 maiden name
mín zú
  1. 1 nationality
  2. 2 ethnic group
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
guì zú
  1. 1 lord
  2. 2 nobility
  3. 3 nobleman
  4. 4 noblewoman
  5. 5 aristocrat
  6. 6 aristocracy
yī zú
  1. 1 social group
  2. 2 subculture
  3. 3 family
  4. 4 clan
  5. 5 see also 族[zú]
Hēng shì
  1. 1 Heinz (name)
  2. 2 Heinz, US food processing company
Hā ní zú
  1. 1 Hani ethnic group
kěn lǎo zú
  1. 1 (coll.) adults still living with and depending on their parents
dān shēn guì zú
  1. 1 fig. unmarried person
  2. 2 single person (especially one who is comfortable financially)
Huí zú
  1. 1 Hui Islamic ethnic group living across China
Tǔ jiā zú
  1. 1 Tujia ethnic group of Hunan
Zhuàng zú
  1. 1 Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi, the PRC's second most numerous ethnic group
xìng shì
  1. 1 family name
zōng zú
  1. 1 clan
  2. 2 clansman
gōng xīn zú
  1. 1 salaried class
Yí zú
  1. 1 Yi ethnic group
Shè shì
  1. 1 Celsius
  2. 2 centigrade
Shè shì dù
  1. 1 °C (degrees Celsius)

Idioms (1)

名门望族
míng mén wàng zú
  1. 1 offspring a famous family (idiom); good breeding
  2. 2 blue blood

Sample Sentences

走婚是纳西族的风俗,他们住在丽江,还过着母系氏族的生活。泼水节是傣族的,我初中时学过。
zǒuhūn shì Nàxīzú de fēngsú ,tāmen zhù zài Lìjiāng ,hái guò zhe mǔxì shìzú de shēnghuó 。Pōshuǐjié shì Dǎizú de ,wǒ chūzhōng shí xué guo 。
The walking marriage is a custom of the Nakhi people - they live in Lijiang and still live in a matriarchal society. The water festival is the Dai people - I learned that in junior high.