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HSK
the Chinese nation / the Chinese people (collective reference to all the ethnic groups in China)
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
nationality; ethnic group / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
office workers (as social group)
rich patriarchal family / aristocracy
family / clan
HSK 7-9
offspring a famous family (idiom); good breeding / blue blood
the older generation (respectful term) / old folk / silver-haired generation
to execute all of sb's relatives (as punishment) (old)
Tangut branch of the Qiang ethnic group / ancient ethnic group who made up the Xixia dynasty 西夏 1038-1227
social group / subculture / family / clan / see also
Gin or Jing, ethnic minority of China, descendants of ethnic Vietnamese people living mainly in Guangxi / Kinh, the ethnic majority in Vietnam
tribes under the Yellow Emperor
race; ethnic group
HSK 7-9
Atayal or Tayal, one of the indigenous ethnic groups of Taiwan
Yi ethnic group
otaku, a Japanese term for people with obsessive interests such as anime, manga, and video games / see also 宅男 / see also 宅女
Lisu ethnic group of Yunnan
large and influential family / clan
original inhabitant / indigenous people
"ant tribe", college graduates who endure cramped living conditions while trying to develop a career
Hani ethnic group
multiethnic
Qiang ethnic group, nowadays esp. in north Sichuan
Nakhi ethnic group in Yunnan
Han ethnic group
Russian ethnic group (of northeast China and Xinjiang etc) / Russian nationality / Russians (of Russia)
people who spend all their monthly earnings before the next payday
Uighur (Uyghur) ethnic group of Xinjiang
Mongol ethnic group of north China and Inner Mongolia
Korean ethnic group in China (mainly in northeast China) / the Koreans (major ethnic group on the Korean Peninsula)
(old) three generations (father, self and sons) / three clans (your own, your mother's, your wife's)
Manchu ethnic group of Liaoning province
clan / clansman
Blang people, one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the PRC
flash mobbers
Hui Islamic ethnic group living across China
(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)
salaried class
Mosuo ethnic group of Yunnan and Sichuan
Hmong or Miao ethnic group of southwest China
Kyrgyz ethnic group / also written 柯爾克孜族|柯尔克孜族
main group
Serb ethnic group (abbr. for 塞爾維亞族|塞尔维亚族)
Mulao ethnic group of Guangxi
Li ethnic group
Kam people, who live mostly in southern China and in the north of Laos and Vietnam
the bereaved / family of the deceased
The Sopranos (US TV series)
smartphone addicts
land-owning class, esp. during Wei, Jin and North-South dynasties 魏晉南北朝|魏晋南北朝
Qauqaut, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
language branch
tribe; clan
motorists
Kyrghiz ethnic group of Xinjiang
Wa, Kawa or Va ethnic group of Myanmar, south China and southeast Asia
Tatar ethnic group of Xinjiang
Hutu, an ethnic group in Rwanda and Burundi
the Semites
Tujia ethnic group of Hunan
Maonan ethnic group of Guangxi
Menba ethnic group
people of a country / nation
distinguished or prominent family / influential clan (old)
Han ethnic group
Tao or Yami, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
"flying fish family", family who sacrifice everything to send their children abroad to study
"infusion clan", patients who prefer medication by drip rather than orally or by injection etc
Tajik ethnic group
Korean ethnic group of Jilin province and northeast China / same as 朝鮮族|朝鲜族
Kaya or Karenni ethnic group of Myanmar
extermination of an entire family (ancient Chinese punishment)
Xianbei or Xianbi, historic ethnic group of northern nomads
Hominini
people who regularly eat out
Pazeh, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
passionate fan (of a celebrity); stan
Austronesian
Pumi ethnic group
to commit genocide
Gelao or Klau ethnic group of Guizhou
abbr. for 維吾爾族|维吾尔族, Uighur (Uyghur) ethnic group of Xinjiang
Siraya, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
relatives / members of the same family, clan, tribe etc
lit. joint eaters / a restaurant social gathering, esp. organized online among strangers
influential family / powerful clan
puyuma, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
(coll.) adults still living with and depending on their parents
cyclist
Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi, the PRC's second most numerous ethnic group
lit. Rushing Clan, generation born between 1975-1985 and China's most hedonistic and hard-working social group (netspeak)
lit. ocean drifting people / job-hopping foreigner
noble family / of Chinese ancestry
fig. unmarried person / single person (especially one who is comfortable financially)
Tu or White Mongol ethnic group of Qinghai
clan
Yugur ethnic group of Gansu
Jingpo ethnic group of Tibet and Yunnan
worker who is capable but unpleasant to deal with

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