宗族

zōngzú
  1. clan
  2. clansman

CEDICT

  1. clansman
  2. patriarchal clan

Wiktionary

  1. 同一姓氏世代相傳的家族。
  2. 同族的人。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 宗 zōng
  1. school
  2. sect
  3. purpose
  4. model
  5. ancestor
  6. clan
  7. to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work)
  8. classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs
2 族 zú
  1. race
  2. nationality
  3. ethnicity
  4. clan
  5. by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族)

Related entries

族類 zúlèi
  1. clan
  2. race
氏族 shìzú clan
集群 jíqún
  1. clan
  2. to clan together
  3. to flock together
大族 dàzú
  1. large and influential family
  2. clan
家族 jiāzú
  1. family
  2. clan
他是家族中的異類。

He is the odd one of the family.

Source: Tatoeba

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