异族

異族
yìzú
noun #27,037

Meanings

  1. 1 different ethnic group
  2. 2 foreign people
  3. 3 another race or clan

Examples

Gǔdài dìguó cháng yǔ yìzú fāshēng chōngtū.
Ancient empires frequently had conflicts with foreign peoples.
Tā jià gěile yī gè yìzú nánzǐ, zài dāngshí yǐnqǐle hōngdòng.
Her marriage to a man of a different ethnicity caused a sensation at the time.

Tips

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异族 can carry a sense of otherness or foreignness and is often found in historical or literary contexts. In modern discourse, more neutral terms like 不同民族 (different ethnicities) are preferred.

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