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  *回* | 回* | *回
to circle / to go back / to turn around / to answer / to return / to revolve / Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims) / time / classifier for acts of a play / section or chapter (of a classic book)
HSK 1
ethnic Chinese person or people
HSK 3
the Chinese nation / the Chinese people (collective reference to all the ethnic groups in China)
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *族* | 族* | *族
race / nationality / ethnicity / clan / by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族)
HSK 6
nationality; ethnic group / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *汉* | 汉* | *汉
Han ethnic group / Chinese (language) / the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
ethnic Chinese / non-Chinese citizen of Chinese ancestry
HSK 7-9
Han ethnic group
Genesis (first book of the Bible) / the Creation, an epic poem of the Naxi 納西|纳西 ethnic group
Jingpo ethnic group of Tibet and Yunnan
Xibo ethnic group of northeast China
race; ethnic group
HSK 7-9
Ewenke ethnic group of Inner Mongolia
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *京* | 京* | *京
surname Jing / Jing ethnic minority / abbr. for Beijing 北京
Hakka ethnic group, a subgroup of the Han that in the 13th century migrated from northern China to the south
many / multiple / multi- (faceted, ethnic etc)
Gin or Jing, ethnic minority of China, descendants of ethnic Vietnamese people living mainly in Guangxi / Kinh, the ethnic majority in Vietnam
Eastern barbarian / ancient ethnic group of northeast frontier of China
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *满* | 满* | *满
Manchu ethnic group
autonomous region – a provincial-level administrative division of China with self-governance for ethnic minorities (five in total: Guangxi, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Xinjiang and Tibet)
Atayal or Tayal, one of the indigenous ethnic groups of Taiwan
Zhuang language / language of the Zhuang ethnic group 壯族|壮族 of Guangxi
Yi ethnic group
Lisu ethnic group of Yunnan
Hui ethnic group (Chinese muslims)
people of all ethnic groups; the peoples (of a nation)
ethnic minority
traditional Han Chinese attire (including various styles of clothing worn by the Han ethnic group before the Qing Dynasty, and in the 21st century, revived as part of a cultural movement) / clothing styles of the Han dynasty
Hani ethnic group
Korean ethnic group in China (mainly in northeast China) / the Koreans (major ethnic group on the Korean Peninsula)
Qiang ethnic group, nowadays esp. in north Sichuan
ethnic groups in the north and west of China in ancient times / foreigner / barbarian
Manchu ethnic group of Liaoning province
ethnic minority
reservation (for an ethnic minority)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *壮* | 壮* | *壮
Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi, the PRC's second most numerous ethnic group
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *傣* | 傣* | *傣
Dai (ethnic group)
ethnic township (formal village level subdivision of PRC county)
multi- (faceted, cultural, ethnic etc)
Nakhi (ethnic group)
Huihu, ancient name of an ethnic group who were the ancestors of the Uyghurs 維吾爾族|维吾尔族 and the Yugurs 裕固族
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *土* | 土* | *土
Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu
Salar ethnic group of Qinghai province
Mongol ethnic group of north China and Inner Mongolia
Kazakh ethnic group of Xinjiang
Amhara (province, language and ethnic group of Ethiopia) / Amharic / Ethiopian
Hui person / member of Hui ethnic group living across China
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *苗* | 苗* | *苗
Hmong or Miao ethnic group of southwest China / surname Miao
Blang people, one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the PRC
Hui Islamic ethnic group living across China
Mosuo ethnic group of Yunnan and Sichuan
Hutu, an ethnic group in Rwanda and Burundi
Hmong or Miao ethnic group of southwest China
Serb ethnic group (abbr. for 塞爾維亞族|塞尔维亚族)
Baiyue, generic term for southern ethnic groups
Russian ethnic group (of northeast China and Xinjiang etc) / Russian nationality / Russians (of Russia)
Jurchen, a Tungus ethnic group, predecessor of the Manchu ethnic group who founded the Later Jin Dynasty 後金|后金 and Qing Dynasty
Mulao ethnic group of Guangxi
Li ethnic group
Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi, the PRC's second most numerous ethnic group
Uzbek ethnic group of Xinjiang
Shakya, an ethnicity and clan of the northeast of South Asia to which the Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) belonged / the Buddha (abbr. for 釋迦牟尼|释迦牟尼, Shakyamuni, which means "the Sage of the Shakyas")
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蒙* | 蒙* | *蒙
Mongol ethnic group / abbr. for Mongolia 蒙古國|蒙古国 / Taiwan pr. [Meng2]
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *畲* | 畲* | *畲
She ethnic group
(coll.) raw score (before adjustments such as bonus points for ethnic minority status etc, esp. in college entrance exams)
Tangut branch of the Qiang ethnic group / ancient ethnic group who made up the Xixia dynasty 西夏 1038-1227
a Han family name (surname) / (esp.) a Han surname adopted by a person of another ethnic group
people of the Dong ethnic minority
(Tw) Kurd ethnic group
University for Nationalities (university of ethnic studies)
equality of ethnic groups
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *羌* | 羌* | *羌
Qiang ethnic group of northwestern Sichuan / surname Qiang
Qarluq or Karluk nomadic tribe, a Turkic ethnic minority in ancient times
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *佤* | 佤* | *佤
Wa, Kawa or Va ethnic group of Myanmar, south China and southeast Asia
Lisu ethnic group of Yunnan
Wa, Kawa or Va ethnic group of Myanmar, south China and southeast Asia
lit. large smelting furnace / fig. the mixing of different ethnicities and cultures / Melting Pot
ethnic group
mixed ethnic area
Tujia ethnic group of Hunan
Dongxiang or East village (place name) / Donxiang (ethnic group) / Dongxiang County in Fuzhou 撫州|抚州, Jiangxi
Maonan ethnic group of Guangxi
minka / commoner's house / Bai ethnic group
Yao ethnic group of southwest China and southeast Asia
Ainu (ethnic group of Japan's north and Russia's east)
national industry / industry run by Chinese nationals or ethnic Chinese
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *仡* | 仡* | *仡
used in 仡佬族, Gelao or Klau ethnic group of Guizhou / Taiwan pr. [qi4]
Khampa, subdivision of Tibetan ethnic group / former Tibetan province of Kham, now split between Tibet and Sichuan
Uzbek ethnic group of Xinjiang
Tangut branch of the Qiang ethnic group / ancient ethnic group who made up the Xixia dynasty 西夏 1038-1227
bushman (African ethnic group)
Tajik ethnic group
She Xiang (c. 1361-1396), lady who served as Yi ethnic group leader in Yunnan in early Ming times
De'ang (ethnic group)
Salar, language of Salar ethnic group of Qinghai province
Korean ethnic group of Jilin province and northeast China / same as 朝鮮族|朝鲜族
Kyrghiz ethnic group of Xinjiang
Nalan Xingde (1655-1685), Manchu ethnic Qing dynasty poet
abbr. for 維吾爾族|维吾尔族, Uighur (Uyghur) ethnic group of Xinjiang
Tartar (various northern tribes in ancient China) / Tatar (Turkic ethnic group in central Asia)

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