wǔ​zú

the five ethnic groups

wǔ​zú the five ethnic groups

  1. numeral
    five
    the number five; 5
  2. noun
    ethnicity
    race; nationality; ethnic group

wǔ​zú five kin groups · five clans

  1. numeral
    five
    the number five; 5
  2. noun
    clan
    clan; family; extended kin including people of the same surname

wǔ​zú five hundred households

  1. numeral
    five
    the number five; 5
  2. to gather
    (literary) to cluster; to gather together; to collect

wǔ​zú five clans (punishment)

  1. numeral
    five
    the number five; 5
  2. to exterminate a family
    (literary) to execute a criminal's entire family; the family death penalty

wǔ​zú Goguryeo tribes · five concubine ranks

  1. numeral
    five
    the number five; 5
  2. noun
    class of things
    a category or taxon of things with common attributes (e.g. aquatic animals, chemical groups)