黑种

黑種

hēizhǒng

noun #33,154

Meanings

1 the Negroid race (older anthropological classification, now dated)
2 Black peoples (in older Chinese geography/biology textbooks)

Characters

kind; race; species; seed

Examples

旧的人类学把世界人种分为黄种、白种和黑种。

Jiù de rénlèixué bǎ shìjiè rénzhǒng fēn wéi huángzhǒng, báizhǒng hé hēizhǒng.

Older anthropology divided the world's peoples into the Yellow, White, and Black races.

现代生物学已经不再使用'黑种'这种分类。

Xiàndài shēngwùxué yǐjīng bù zài shǐyòng "hēizhǒng" zhè zhǒng fēnlèi.

Modern biology no longer uses the classification "Negroid race".

Tips

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黑种 (and the parallel terms 黄种, 白种) come from the late-19th/early-20th-century three-race typology that mainstream genetics has long since rejected. The phrase still appears in older Chinese textbooks and 1980s-90s reference works, but in current writing 黑人 (black people) is neutral, while 黑种人 sounds dated. Treat 黑种 as a historical/technical term, not everyday vocabulary.

Stroke Order

黑 hēi

种 zhǒng