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黃種人

简黄种人 · 繁黃種人

Mandarin · pinyin huáng zhǒng rén

person traditionally classified as belonging to the Mongoloid race, including East Asians, the Inuit and Native Americans

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黃: huáng · yellow; surname; Kangxi radical 201
種: zhǒng · seed; race; offspring; to plant
人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
黄: huáng · yellow; surname
种: zhǒng · seed; race, breed; to plant

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2–3–2 · huang2 zhong3 ren2

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wong4 zung2 jan4

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noun

mongoloid, chiefly East Asian

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