| 酋长 | qiú zhǎng | headman (of primitive people) / tribal chief / used as translation for foreign leaders, e.g. Indian Rajah or Arab Sheik or Emir |  |
| 蚩尤 | Chī Yóu | Chiyou, legendary tribal leader who was defeated and killed by the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4] | |
| 土司 | tǔ sī | sliced bread (loanword from "toast") / government-appointed hereditary tribal headman in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties | |
| 酋 |  qiú | tribal chief |  |
| 部落军队 | | tribal levies | |
| 土着和部落人民 | | indigenous and tribal peoples / native and tribal peoples | |
| 部落居民 | | tribal peoples | |
| 部落分支 | | tribal sub-fraction | |
| 独立国家土着和部落居民公约 | | Convention concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries | |
| 吉格扬苏部落问题研究中心 | | Jigyansu Tribal Research Centre | |
| 热带森林土着和部落人民宪章 | | Charter of the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests / Charter of Forest Peoples | |
| 森林人民宪章 | sēn lín rén mín xiàn zhāng | Charter of the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests / Charter of Forest Peoples | |
| 联邦管辖部落地区 | | Federally Administered Tribal Areas | |
| 部落政府会议 | | Conference of Tribal Governments | |
| 亚洲土着和部落人民网络 | | Asian Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Network | |
| 印度土着和部落人民理事会 | | Indian Council of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples | |
| 土着和部落人民研究金方桉 | | Fellowship Programme for Indigenous and Tribal Peoples | |
| 热带森林土着部落民族国际联盟 | | International Alliance of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests | |
| 君长 | jūn zhǎng | the monarch and his ministers / tribal chief | |
| 蒙兀国 | Měng wù guó | Khamag Mongol, a 12th century Mongolic tribal confederation | |
