汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 少数民族
少数民族 (少數民族)
national minority / ethnic group
指多民族国家内人口居于少数的民族,也有指外来移民的。在中国,有蒙古、回、藏、维吾尔、苗、彝、壮、布依、朝鲜、满、侗、瑶、白、土家、哈尼、哈萨克、傣、黎、傈僳、佤、畲、高山、拉祜、水、东乡、纳西、景颇、柯尔克孜、土、达斡尔、仫佬、羌、布朗、撒拉、毛南、仡佬、锡伯、阿昌、普米、塔吉克、怒、乌孜别克、俄罗斯、鄂温克、德昂、保安、裕固、京、塔塔尔、独龙、鄂伦春、赫哲、门巴、珞巴、基诺等55个少数民族,人口约9132万(1990年),占全国总人口8%。分布呈大杂居、小聚居格局。多有本民族语言文字,部分通用汉语文。宗教和自然崇拜有广泛深刻的影响。社会发展较汉族缓慢,经济比较落后,且发展不平衡。多从事农牧、渔猎生产。解放后,通过民主改革,实行民族区域自治,实现了各民族之间的团结平等。各少数民族与汉族一起走上社会主义现代化建设的道路。
shǎo/shào () shù/shǔ/shuò mín
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

少数民族授予自治权。

Granted autonomy to a national minority.

少数民族占人口的百分之六。

The minority nationalities account for six per cent of the population.

迫切需要更多来自少数民族社区的官员。

There is a crying need for more magistrates from the ethnic minority communities.

《中国少数民族民俗大辞典》,呼和浩特:内蒙古人民出版社。

"Dictionary of Chinese Ethnic Minorities' Folklore. " Co. Ed. Lemmas of Yi Folklore. Huhhot: Inner-Mongol People Publishing House.

中国的少数民族构成总人口的不到7%。

China's ethnic minorities constitute less than 7 percent of its total population.

警察机关正试图从少数民族中征募更多的新警员。

The police are trying to recruit more officers from ethnic minorities.

他的提升是证明了少数民族进步呢,还是仅仅只是装点门面而已?

Is his promotion evidence of the minorities' advance, or mere tokenism?

该监狱的女性及少数民族犯人在近几年都猛增了。

The jail's female and minority populations have both ballooned in recent years.

他们提倡少数民族团体与该文化的社会融合及同化。

They promote social integration and assimilation of minority ethnic groups into the culture.

如《南齐书》承认“中国”在统兵作战、号令严明方面不如少数民族

Such as "Southern Qi book" recognize "China" at the centralized warfare is strict orders not as good as minorities;