“ethnicity”一词在中国多被译为“族性”、“族群性”或“民族性”等,这几个词条在当前中国的学术论著中出现频率高,使用次数多。但是学者们对于“族性”具体含义的理解却是从者如云,新见迭出。本文对涉及到“族性”一词使用的论著进行了简要梳理,并认为族性的具体含义应是一个族群不同于其他族群的性质与特点。 The word “ethnicity” is mostly translated as “ethnicity”, “ethnicity” or “nationality” in China. These terms appear frequently in current academic works in China , The use of more. However, the scholars’ understanding of the specific meaning of “ethnicity ” is something new from the perspective of others. This essay briefly reviews the works involved in the use of the term “ethnicity” and concludes that the specific meanings of ethnicity should be the nature and characteristics of one ethnic group different from the other ethnic groups.