塞族 (Sāi zú) — Serbs (the Serbian people as an ethnic group)

Definition

noun

Serbs (the Serbian people as an ethnic group)

Measure word · 个

塞族。
Sāi zú Shì sài ěr wéi yà de zhǔ yào mín zú.
The Serbs are the main ethnic group of Serbia.
塞族、。
Sāi zú Yǒu zì jǐ de yǔ yán, wén zì hé fēng fù de wén huà chuán tǒng.
The Serbs have their own language, script, and rich cultural traditions.
，塞族。
Lì shǐ shàng, Sāi zú céng jīng jiàn lì guò qiáng dà de wáng guó.
Historically, the Serbs once established a powerful kingdom.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

族zúethnic group

塞 stands for Serbian, and 族 means ethnic group, so together they name the Serbs.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

塞 combines 宀 (house), 工 (two items), and 廾 (two hands), showing hands stuffing items into a house.

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

族 combines 㫃, a flag, and 矢, an arrow.

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