鮮族

Chinese

		few; rare; fresh	race; nationality; ethnicity race; nationality; ethnicity; clan
trad. (鮮族)		鮮	族
simp. (鲜族)		鲜	族

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎnzú, xiānzú

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˇ ㄗㄨˊ, ㄒㄧㄢㄗㄨˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎnzú
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˇ ㄗㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siǎnzú
  - Wade–Giles: hsien³-tsu²
  - Yale: syǎn-dzú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheantzwu
  - Palladius: сяньцзу (sjanʹczu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡su³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiānzú
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢㄗㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sianzú
  - Wade–Giles: hsien¹-tsu²
  - Yale: syān-dzú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiantzwu
  - Palladius: сяньцзу (sjanʹczu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ t͡su³⁵/

Noun

鮮族

(colloquial) short for 朝鮮族／朝鲜族 (Cháoxiǎnzú, “ethnic Koreans”)

Usage notes

This term is widely used by ethnic Koreans in Shenyang, but is considered offensive among ethnic Koreans in Yanbian.

Descendants

→ Korean: 선족 (seonjok)