優等種族

Chinese

		of the highest order; excellent; superior of the highest order; excellent; superior; high-class; first-rate	race; ethnicity
trad. (優等種族)		優等	種族
simp. (优等种族)		优等	种族

Etymology

Calque of German Herrenrasse. Literally, “superior race”; compare Vietnamese chủng tộc thượng đẳng, French race supérieure, etc.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yōuděng zhǒngzú

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡㄉㄥˇ ㄓㄨㄥˇ ㄗㄨˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yōuděng zhǒngzú [Phonetic: yōudéngzhǒngzú]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄡㄉㄥˇ ㄓㄨㄥˇ ㄗㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: youděng jhǒngzú
  - Wade–Giles: yu¹-têng³ chung³-tsu²
  - Yale: yōu-děng jǔng-dzú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ioudeeng joongtzwu
  - Palladius: юдэн чжунцзу (judɛn čžunczu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯⁵⁵ tɤŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡su³⁵/

Noun

優等種族

(especially Nazism) master race
Synonym: 優秀民族 / 优秀民族 (yōuxiùmínzú)

References

John DeFrancis, editor (2003), ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, page 1182