系族

xìzú

patriarchal clan

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

=1 系 xì
  1. to connect
  2. to relate to
  3. to tie up
  4. to bind
  5. to be (literary)
=1 系 xì
  1. system
  2. department
  3. faculty
=1 系 jì
  1. to tie
  2. to fasten
  3. to button up
=1 系 xì
  1. to connect
  2. to arrest
  3. to worry
=2 族 zú
  1. race
  2. nationality
  3. ethnicity
  4. clan
  5. by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族)
=2 族 zòu
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 奏 (zòu)
  2. alternative form of 奏 (zòu)