民族主义 mín zú zhǔ yì

nationalism; national self-determination; racism

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 35900th word

Definitions

  1. 1. nationalism
  2. 2. national self-determination
  3. 3. racism
  4. 4. principle of nationalism, the first of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孙中山sūn zhōng shān Three Principles of the People 三民主义sān mín zhǔ yì (at the time, meaning parity between China and the great powers)

Characters

Character Meaning
民 mín HSK 4
the people; citizen; nationality
族 zú HSK 4
by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族shàng bān zú)
主 zhǔ HSK 3
main; owner; master
义 yì HSK 5
meaning; righteousness; justice