| 民族 | mín zú | nationality; ethnic group; CL:个 |
| 族 | zú | race; nationality; ethnicity; clan; by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族) |
| 贵族 | guì zú | lord; nobility; nobleman; noblewoman; aristocrat; aristocracy |
| 族人 | zú rén | clansman; clan members; relatives; ethnic minority |
| 氏族 | shì zú | clan |
| 少数民族 | shǎo shù mín zú | national minority; ethnic group |
| 汉族 | Hàn zú | Han ethnic group |
| 种族 | zhǒng zú | race; ethnicity |
| 种族主义 | zhǒng zú zhǔ yì | racism |
| 藏族 | Zàng zú | Tibetan ethnic group |
| 家族 | jiā zú | household; clan |
| 满族 | Mǎn zú | Manchu ethnic group of Liaoning province |
| 民族主义 | mín zú zhǔ yì | nationalism; national self-determination; principle of nationalism, the first of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孙中山 Three principles of the people 三民主义 (at the time, meaning parity between China and the great powers); racism |
| 中华民族 | Zhōng huá mín zú | the Chinese people |
| 民族团结 | mín zú tuán jié | cooperation of ethnic groups |
| 皇族 | huáng zú | the imperial family; royal kin |
| 回族 | Huí zú | Hui Islamic ethnic group living across China |
| 彝族 | Yí zú | Yi ethnic group |
| 部族 | bù zú | tribe; tribal |
| 蒙古族 | Měng gǔ zú | Mongol ethnic group of north China and Inner Mongolia |
| 苗族 | Miáo zú | Hmong or Miao ethnic group of southwest China |
| 宗族 | zōng zú | Chinese clan |
| 维吾尔族 | Wéi wú ěr zú | Uighur (Uyghur) ethnic group of Xinjiang |
| 壮族 | Zhuàng zú | Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi, the PRC's second most numerous ethnic group; Zhuang: Bouxcuengh |
| 种族歧视 | zhǒng zú qí shì | racial discrimination; racism |
| 士族 | shì zú | land-owning class, esp. during Wei, Jin and North-South dynasties 魏晋南北朝 |
| 民族文化 | mín zú wén huà | ethnic culture |
| 卤族 | lǔ zú | see 卤素 |
| 多民族国家 | duō mín zú guó jiā | multi-ethnic state |
| 民族英雄 | mín zú yīng xióng | national hero |
| 族类 | zú lèi | clan; race |
| 朝鲜族 | Cháo xiǎn zú | Korean ethnic group in China (mainly in northeast China); the Koreans (major ethnic group on the Korean Peninsula) |
| 异族 | yì zú | different tribe |
| 羌族 | Qiāng zú | Qiang ethnic group, nowadays esp. in north Sichuan |
| 民族平等 | mín zú píng děng | equality of ethnic groups |
| 瑶族 | Yáo zú | Yao ethnic group of southwest China and southeast Asia |
| 白族 | Bái zú | Bai (ethnic group) |
| 亲族 | qīn zú | relatives; members of the same family, clan, tribe etc |
| 高山族 | Gāo shān zú | Gaoshan or mountain tribes indigenous ethnic group of Taiwan |
| 水族 | Shuǐ zú | Shui ethnic group of Guangxi |
| 皇族内阁 | Huáng zú nèi gé | Qing emergency cabinet set up in May 1911 to confront the Xinhai rebels |
| 土族 | Tǔ zú | Tu or White Mongol ethnic group of Qinghai |
| 宁夏回族自治区 | Níng xià Huí zú zì zhì qū | Ningxia Hui autonomous region (Ningsia) east of Gansu, abbr. 宁, capital Yinchuan 银川 |
| 撒拉族 | Sā lā zú | Salar ethnic group of Qinghai province |
| 哈尼族 | Hā ní zú | Hani ethnic group |
| 一族 | yī zú | social group; subculture; family; clan; see also 族 |
| 三江侗族自治县 | Sān jiāng dòng zú zì zhì xiàn | Sanjiang Dong autonomous county in Liuzhou 柳州, Guangxi |
| 三都水族自治县 | Sān dōu shuǐ zú zì zhì xiàn | Sandou Shuizu autonomous county in Guizhou |
| 三都水族自治县 | Sān dū shuǐ zú zì zhì xiàn | Sandu Shuizu autonomous county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州, Guizhou |
| 上班族 | shàng bān zú | office workers (as social group) |
