"Clan" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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家族 jiā zú family / clan
一族 yī zú social group / subculture / family / clan / see also 族[zu2]
集群 jí qún clan / to clan together / to flock together
氏族 shì zú clan
宗族 zōng zú clan / clansman
大族 dà zú large and influential family / clan
族类 zú lèi clan / race
族 zú race / nationality / ethnicity / clan / by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族)
宗 zōng school / sect / purpose / model / ancestor / clan / to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work) / classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs
家门 jiā mén house door / family clan
族人 zú rén clansman / clan members / relatives / ethnic minority
族长 zú zhǎng clan elder
宗主 zōng zhǔ head of a clan / natural leader / person of prestige and authority in a domain / suzerain
本家 běn jiā a member of the same clan / a distant relative with the same family name
辈分 bèi fèn seniority in the family or clan / position in the family hierarchy
望族 wàng zú distinguished or prominent family / influential clan (old)
宗室 zōng shì imperial clan / member of the imperial clan / clansman / ancestral shrine
神农氏 Shén nóng shì Shennong or Farmer God (c. 2000 BC), first of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] and creator of agriculture in China / followers or clan of Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2]
亲族 qīn zú relatives / members of the same family, clan, tribe etc
室 shì room / work unit / grave / scabbard / family or clan / one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy
堂 táng (main) hall / large room for a specific purpose / CL:間|间[jian1] / relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family / of the same clan / classifier for classes, lectures etc / classifier for sets of furniture
氏 shì clan name / maiden name
德川 Dé chuān Tokugawa, the ruling clan of Japan from 1550-1850
族权 zú quán clan authority / clan power
势族 shì zú influential family / powerful clan
奔奔族 bēn bēn zú lit. Rushing Clan, generation born between 1975-1985 and China's most hedonistic and hard-working social group (netspeak)
联宗 lián zōng combined branches of a clan
宗正 zōng zhèng Director of the Imperial Clan in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿[jiu3 qing1]
单传 dān chuán to have only one heir in a generation (of a family, clan etc) / to be learned from only one master (of a skill, art etc)
宗祠 zōng cí ancestral temple / clan hall
宗法 zōng fǎ patriarchal clan system
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