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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- zu2
- English meanings
- race, nationality, ethnicity, clan, by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族)
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
soldier; pawn
ancestor; grandparent; found
rent out
group; team; to form
measure word (general)
foot
hinder; block
Example sentences
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Related words
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- 中华民族
- 家族
- 民族
- 种族
- 贵族