| 1 | 民族 | 民族 | mín zú | min2 zu2 | nationality; ethnic group; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 2 | 贵族 | 貴族 | guì zú | gui4 zu2 | lord; nobility; nobleman; noblewoman; aristocrat; aristocracy | | |
| 3 | 族 | 族 | zú | zu2 | race; nationality; ethnicity; clan; by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族 ) | | |
| 4 | 少数民族 | 少數民族 | shǎo shù mín zú | shao3 shu4 min2 zu2 | national minority; ethnic group | | |
| 5 | 汉族 | 漢族 | hàn zú | Han4 zu2 | Han ethnic group | | |
| 6 | 家族 | 家族 | jiā zú | jia1 zu2 | family; clan | | |
| 7 | 中华民族 | 中華民族 | zhōng huá mín zú | Zhong1 hua2 min2 zu2 | the Chinese people | | |
| 8 | 满族 | 滿族 | mǎn zú | Man3 zu2 | Manchu ethnic group of Liaoning province | | |
| 9 | 种族 | 種族 | zhǒng zú | zhong3 zu2 | race; ethnicity | | |
| 10 | 畲族 | 畬族 | shē zú | She1 zu2 | She ethnic group | | |
| 11 | 高山族 | 高山族 | gāo shān zú | Gao1 shan1 zu2 | Gaoshan aborigines (Taiwan), "mountain tribes" (Tw); Taiwanese aborigines (PRC) | | |
| 12 | 瑶族 | 瑤族 | yáo zú | Yao2 zu2 | Yao ethnic group of southwest China and southeast Asia | | |
| 13 | 藏族 | 藏族 | zàng zú | Zang4 zu2 | Tibetan ethnic group | | |
| 14 | 侗族 | 侗族 | dòng zú | Dong4 zu2 | variant of 侗族 |侗族 [Dong4 zu2]; ; Dong people | | |
| 15 | 傣族 | 傣族 | dǎi zú | Dai3 zu2 | Dai or Thai minority of south China and southeast asia | | |
| 16 | 苗族 | 苗族 | miáo zú | Miao2 zu2 | Hmong or Miao ethnic group of southwest China | | |
| 17 | 蒙古族 | 蒙古族 | měng gǔ zú | Meng3 gu3 zu2 | Mongol ethnic group of north China and Inner Mongolia | | |
| 18 | 民族主义 | 民族主義 | mín zú zhǔ yì | min2 zu2 zhu3 yi4 | 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 | | |
| 19 | 彝族 | 彞族 | yí zú | Yi2 zu2 | the bereaved; family of the deceased; Yi ethnic group | | |
| 20 | 僮族 | 僮族 | zhuàng zú | Zhuang4 zu2 | Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi, the PRC's second most numerous ethnic group; old term for 壮族 , Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi | | |
| 21 | 白族 | 白族 | bái zú | Bai2 zu2 | Bai (ethnic group) | | |
| 22 | 快闪族 | 快閃族 | kuài shǎn zú | kuai4 shan3 zu2 | flash mobbers | | |
| 23 | 尼特族 | 尼特族 | ní tè zú | ni2 te4 zu2 | (Tw) (neologism c. 2007) young person who is not studying, working or being trained for work (loanword from NEET: not in education, employment or training) | | |
| 24 | 单车族 | 單車族 | dān chē zú | dan1 che1 zu2 | cyclist | | |
| 25 | 彝族年 | 彞族年 | yí zú nián | Yi2 zu2 nian2 | Yi New Year | | |