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Nationality in Chinese

nationality · HSK 4

国籍 guó jí

  1. 国 guó country
  2. 籍 jí book

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How do you say nationality in Chinese?

Nationality in Chinese is 国籍 (guó jí). You can also say 民族 (mín zú), 族 (zú).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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