"Clan" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 jiā zú family / clan
 yī zú social group / subculture / family / clan / see also 族[zu2]
 jí qún clan / to clan together / to flock together
 shì zú clan
 zōng zú clan / clansman
 dà zú large and influential family / clan
 zú lèi clan / race
 zú race / nationality / ethnicity / clan / by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族)
 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
 jiā mén house door / family clan
 zú rén clansman / clan members / relatives / ethnic minority
 zú zhǎng clan elder
 zōng zhǔ head of a clan / natural leader / person of prestige and authority in a domain / suzerain
 běn jiā a member of the same clan / a distant relative with the same family name
 bèi fèn seniority in the family or clan / position in the family hierarchy
 wàng zú distinguished or prominent family / influential clan (old)
 zōng shì imperial clan / member of the imperial clan / clansman / ancestral shrine
 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]
 qīn zú relatives / members of the same family, clan, tribe etc
 shì room / work unit / grave / scabbard / family or clan / one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy
 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
 shì clan name / maiden name
 Dé chuān Tokugawa, the ruling clan of Japan from 1550-1850
 zú quán clan authority / clan power
 shì zú influential family / powerful clan
 bēn bēn zú lit. Rushing Clan, generation born between 1975-1985 and China's most hedonistic and hard-working social group (netspeak)
 lián zōng combined branches of a clan
 zōng zhèng Director of the Imperial Clan in imperial China, one of the Nine Ministers 九卿[jiu3 qing1]
 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)
 zōng cí ancestral temple / clan hall
 zōng fǎ patriarchal clan system
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