族裔

zúyì
ethnic group

CEDICT

  1. clan; lineage
  2. ethnicity; people; nation

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 族 zú
  1. race
  2. nationality
  3. ethnicity
  4. clan
  5. by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族)
2 裔 yì
  1. (bound form) descendants
  2. (bound form) of ... ancestry (as in 华裔 Huáyì "of Chinese descent")
  3. (literary) distant lands
  4. (literary) fringe; periphery

Containing this entry

少数族裔 shǎoshùzúyì ethnic minority

Related entries

族群 zúqún
  1. ethnic group
  2. community