zung2 zuk6種族种族
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Yalejúng juhk
Definition
Race or ethnicity; a group of people classified by innate physical traits such as skin color.
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How it's used
This term is primarily used in formal, academic, or sociological contexts rather than casual daily conversation. When discussing people of different backgrounds in a friendly or informal setting, locals often prefer more specific descriptors like 國籍 or just referring to their appearance or origin.
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There are people of many different races in this world.
How do they distinguish between different races?
Related words
Common mistake
Avoid using this word to describe nationality or cultural identity, as it specifically refers to biological or ancestral groupings. Using it to describe someone's country of origin can sound overly clinical or even offensive.
Grammar color guide
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
