Chinese

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the people; nationality; citizen
race; nationality; ethnicity
race; nationality; ethnicity; clan
 
trad. (民族)
simp. #(民族)
 
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Etymology

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First attested in the 6th century CE:

諸華士女民族濫用翦落胡人不可 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
诸华士女民族滥用翦落胡人不可 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: The Book of Southern Qi, by Xiao Zixian, 6th century CE
Jīn zhūhuá shìnǚ, mínzú fú gé, ér lù shǒu piān jù, lànyòng yí lǐ, yún yú jiǎnluò zhī tú, quán shì húrén, guó yǒu jiù fēng, fǎ bùkě biàn. [Pinyin]
Nowadays, the men and women of the various Hua have not had their ethnicities changed, yet they have bared their heads and recline when sitting, overusing the barbaric rites. It is said that among those who have shaved [their heads to become monks and nuns], all are foreigners. The nation has its old customs; its norms may not be changed.

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (4) (15)
Final () (43) (3)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III I
Fanqie
Baxter mjin dzuwk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/miɪn/ /d͡zuk̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/min/ /d͡zuk̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/mjen/ /d͡zuk̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/min/ /d͡zəwk̚/
Li
Rong
/miĕn/ /d͡zuk̚/
Wang
Li
/mĭĕn/ /d͡zuk̚/
Bernard
Karlgren
/mi̯ĕn/ /d͡zʱuk̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
mín
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
man4 zuk6

Noun

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民族

  1. people; nation; nationality; ethnic group; minority; ethnos (Classifier: )
    民族宗教  ―  mínzú zōngjiào  ―  ethnoreligious
    民族政治  ―  mínzú zhèngzhì  ―  ethnopolitical
    民族融合  ―  mínzú dà rónghé  ―  major ethnic assimilation
    民族區域自治區民族区域自治区  ―  mínzú qūyù zìzhìqū  ―  ethnic autonomous regions
  2. Short for 少數民族少数民族 (shǎoshù mínzú, “ethnic minority”).

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (民族):

Others:

Proper noun

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民族

  1. (街道) Minzu (a subdistrict of Jianghan district, Wuhan, Hubei, China)

Further reading

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
みん
Grade: 4
ぞく
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(みん)(ぞく) (minzoku

  1. people, race, ethnic group - people that have a common culture, common customs, etc.

References

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  1. ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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民族 (minjok) (hangeul 민족)

  1. hanja form? of 민족 (an ethnicity)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

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民族

  1. chữ Hán form of dân tộc (ethnic group, nationality, race).