侗族

Dòngzú

noun

Meanings

1 Dong ethnic group, Kam people

Characters

Dong (ethnic name)

clan, ethnic group

Examples

HSK 5

侗族主要生活在贵州、湖南一带。

Dòngzú zhǔyào shēnghuó zài Guìzhōu, Húnán yīdài.

The Dong people live mainly in Guizhou and Hunan.

HSK 5

侗族大歌被列入世界非物质文化遗产。

Dòngzú dà gē bèi lièrù shìjiè fēi wùzhì wénhuà yíchǎn.

Dong grand songs are on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list.

HSK 7-9

我去贵州的时候看过侗族的风雨桥。

Wǒ qù Guìzhōu de shíhou kàn guo Dòngzú de fēngyǔ qiáo.

When I went to Guizhou I saw the Dong wind-and-rain bridges.

Tips

culture

侗族 are famous for 大歌 (polyphonic choral songs sung without a conductor) and 鼓楼 / 风雨桥 (drum towers and covered 'wind-and-rain' bridges). Their population is around 3 million, concentrated at the Guizhou-Hunan-Guangxi borders.

Stroke Order

侗 dòng

族 zú