HSK 4 · Society

民族 mínzú “nationality” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 民族 means

  1. nationality
  2. ethnic group

How to say 民族

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale民mín2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale族zú2nd tone, rising

民族 in a sentence

  1. 世界上有很多不同的民族。

    Shìjiè shàng yǒu hěn duō bùtóng de mínzú.

    There are many different ethnic groups in the world.

    Sentence #408846 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 民族 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 民 (mín) with each of its parts in a different colour
民mínthe people
  • 巳part of the character
  • 戈halberd · gē
The character 族 (zú) drawn as one shape
族zúrace

族 is a single shape of 11 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 民族

民 5 strokes · 族 11 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

民族 (mínzú) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 民族 (mínzú). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 民族

Words with 民

农民nóngmín · farmer移民yímín · to immigrate人民币rénmínbì · Renminbi (RMB)居民jūmín · resident渔民yúmín · fisherman公民gōngmín · citizen民间mínjiān · folk民主mínzhǔ · democracy殖民地zhímíndì · colony

Words with 族

贵族guìzú · noble种族zhǒngzú · race

More words: School, Work & Culture

爱好àihào · hobby班bān · team国籍guójí · nationality京剧Jīngjù · Beijing opera聚会jùhuì · party举行jǔxíng · to hold (a meeting社会shèhuì · society艺术yìshù · art

FAQs

民族 (mínzú) means “nationality” or “ethnic group”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it mínzú: mín with a 2nd tone, then zú with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 民族 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type minzu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 民族 from the suggestions. Typing minzu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
民族 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.