民族 mín zú nationality; ethnic group Example sentences 这个国家有几个民族? zhège guójiā yǒu jǐ ge mínzú? How many ethnic groups are there in this country? 中国人是一个爱国的民族。 zhōngguórén shì yī ge ài guó de mínzú. The Chinese are patriotic 这个国家有许多不同的民族生活在一起。 zhège guójiā yǒu xǔduō bùtóng de mínzú shēnghuó zài yīqǐ. This country has a lot of different ethnicities living together 这个国家是由许多不同民族组成的。 zhège guójiā shì yóu xǔduō bùtóng mínzú zǔchéng de. This country is made up of many different ethnicities