支系

zhīxì
branch or subdivision of a family

CEDICT

branch (subdivision of a family, people, group of languages, etc.)

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 支 zhī
  1. to support
  2. to sustain
  3. to erect
  4. to raise
  5. branch
  6. division
  7. to draw money
  8. classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions
=2 系 xì
  1. to connect
  2. to relate to
  3. to tie up
  4. to bind
  5. to be (literary)
=2 系 xì
  1. system
  2. department
  3. faculty
=2 系 xì
  1. to connect
  2. to arrest
  3. to worry

Containing this entry

支系统 zhīxìtǒng subsystem