Chinese kin

Chinese kin
Chinese宗族
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinzōngzú
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingzung1 zuk6
Southern Min
Hokkien POJchong-cho̍k
Alternative Chinese name
Chinese家族
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinjiā zú
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpinggaa1 zuk6
Southern Min
Hokkien POJka-cho̍k

A Chinese kin, lineage or sometimes rendered as clan, is a patrilineal and patrilocal group of related Chinese people with a common surname sharing a common ancestor and, in many cases, an ancestral home.