<p>As the comments say, 有色人种 is not commonly used by Chinese people.</p>
<p>There is online Chinese corpus <a href="http://bcc.blcu.edu.cn/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">BCC汉语语料库</a> hosted by BLCU. In the corpus we can search for &quot;有色人种&quot; in a few different types of material. You can get some result form 文学 and 报刊, but absolutely nothing form 对话. And when you check the texts return with the search, almost all of them are talking about things out of China.</p>
<p>Some example results form <a href="http://bcc.blcu.edu.cn/zh/search/1/%E6%9C%89%E8%89%B2%E4%BA%BA%E7%A7%8D" rel="nofollow noreferrer">文学</a></p>
<blockquote>
<ol>
<li>能这样的。我刚到东部那会儿总不断提醒自己：你可别忘了他们是&quot;<em>有色人种</em>&quot;而不是黑鬼，要不是我碰巧和那么多黑孩子打过交道，我就得花好多</li>
<li>共同点，特意说了好几个悲惨的故事，每个故事都是关于布朗克斯区<em>有色人种</em>、波多黎各人残忍而凶狠的侵犯，还刻意描绘，令人不寒而栗。但没过</li>
<li>次，我想亚拉巴马州的图斯康比亚大约有三千人，其中约有一半属于<em>有色人种</em>。再次，我在波士顿的朋友中只有很少几个人知道图书馆的事。我不想</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
<p>And <a href="http://bcc.blcu.edu.cn/zh/search/2/%E6%9C%89%E8%89%B2%E4%BA%BA%E7%A7%8D" rel="nofollow noreferrer">报刊</a></p>
<blockquote>
<ol>
<li>帝国主义”，“打倒种族主义”。数以百计的示威者——其中许多是<em>有色人种</em>——拿着旗帜和标语牌，上面写着：“美国黑人，你们的斗争就是我们</li>
<li>在菲律宾，侵略者更成千成万地屠杀着和平人民——他们所歧视的“<em>有色人种</em>”。“华沙一条街”照出了战犯们的一色的脸谱，不管他是新的还是旧</li>
<li>》，把种族类别分成“白种人”和“有色人种”，印第安人被定为“<em>有色人种</em>”。对印第安部落而言，只有得到了政府的承认，才能取得对内部)</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
<p>Note that instead of full sentences, a cerntain number of characters around the search term is displayed.</p>

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2020-12-09T07:26:55.573Z
2020-12-09T07:26:55.573Z
fefe
<p>The word is only possible in the following situations</p>
<ul>
<li>Translation of US news, or any alien news that uses the exact word &quot;colored race&quot; or &quot;colored people&quot;</li>
<li>Chinese people that live in other countries and are classified as &quot;colored race&quot; or &quot;colored people&quot; might use this word to mention themselves, despite they like it or not.</li>
<li>People in China but talking about political issues of other countries and the word &quot;colored race&quot; or &quot;colored people&quot; is used by the mentioned countries.</li>
</ul>

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2020-12-14T03:28:57.277Z
2020-12-14T03:28:57.277Z
River
<p>We never use the following terms except for translation:</p>
<ul>
<li>有色人种 (colored race)</li>
<li>非裔美国人 (African American)</li>
</ul>

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2021-01-17T01:39:38.613Z
2021-01-17T01:39:38.613Z
Victor
<p>if you aren't racial at all. you don't need to avoid some words.in china we just say 黑人 亚洲人,it is common and normal.we don't need to replace it by other word.</p>

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2021-01-17T01:41:47.230Z
We don't say 亚洲人. We say 黄种人.
Victor
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2020-12-14T01:45:03.650Z
2020-12-14T01:45:03.650Z
J.Wang
<blockquote>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/dHl4Wm.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/dHl4Wm.jpg" alt="photo of newspaper---transcript below" /></a></p>
<p>和奥巴马一起帮民主党候选人拉票的还有佐治亚州前州长候选人艾布拉姆斯。拜登能在此次大选中让佐治亚州“翻蓝”，艾布拉姆斯功不可没。她在2018年的州长选举中惜败，之后一直在佐治亚州多个地方组织动员新选民，特别是鼓励<strong>有色人种</strong>选民投票。此外，拜登表示他将参与佐治亚州参议员的竞选活动，但没有指明具体时间。<br />
<sub><a href="http://news.yunnan.cn/system/2020/12/07/031163043.shtml" rel="nofollow noreferrer">美两党为控制参议院再战佐治亚</a>，2020年12月07日</sub></p>
</blockquote>
<p>I was reading the newspaper (above) about the upcoming Georgia (USA) election and encountered the term:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>有色人种 (yǒu​sè​rén​zhǒng)<br />
<a href="https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?wdqb=%E6%9C%89%E8%89%B2%E4%BA%BA%E7%A7%8D" rel="nofollow noreferrer">CC-CEDICT</a>: colored races</p>
</blockquote>
<p>It talks about how it's important to attract votes from people of color.</p>
<p>I'm guessing this term is a &quot;forced&quot; translation from English (&quot;people of color&quot;) to ensure the meaning is translated accurately, and wouldn't naturally arise during native Chinese conversation, except about race-related topics in the USA (or western countries).  I want to check if my impressions are accurate.</p>
<p><strong>Question</strong>: Is the term 有色人种 (&quot;colored races&quot;) normally used by Chinese people?</p>

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2020-12-09T01:40:12.153Z
Chinese generally don't call other non-white people 'colored races' But we know white people do, so it isn't an unfamiliar term; for us
Tang Ho
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2020-12-09T04:49:27.730Z
Your guess is right: it is usually a translated term used in race-related topics in the USA (or western countries). Otherwise it is seldom used by we Chinese people.
Betty
<usage><expressions>
Is the term 有色人种 ("colored races") normally used by Chinese people?
# Is the term 有色人种 ("colored races") normally used by Chinese people?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-12-09)

> [![photo of newspaper---transcript below](https://i.sstatic.net/dHl4Wm.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/dHl4Wm.jpg)
>
> 和奥巴马一起帮民主党候选人拉票的还有佐治亚州前州长候选人艾布拉姆斯。拜登能在此次大选中让佐治亚州“翻蓝”，艾布拉姆斯功不可没。她在2018年的州长选举中惜败，之后一直在佐治亚州多个地方组织动员新选民，特别是鼓励**有色人种**选民投票。此外，拜登表示他将参与佐治亚州参议员的竞选活动，但没有指明具体时间。  
> [美两党为控制参议院再战佐治亚](http://news.yunnan.cn/system/2020/12/07/031163043.shtml)，2020年12月07日

I was reading the newspaper (above) about the upcoming Georgia (USA) election and encountered the term:

> 有色人种 (yǒu​sè​rén​zhǒng)  
> [CC-CEDICT](https://www.mdbg.net/chinese/dictionary?wdqb=%E6%9C%89%E8%89%B2%E4%BA%BA%E7%A7%8D): colored races

It talks about how it's important to attract votes from people of color.

I'm guessing this term is a "forced" translation from English ("people of color") to ensure the meaning is translated accurately, and wouldn't naturally arise during native Chinese conversation, except about race-related topics in the USA (or western countries). I want to check if my impressions are accurate.

**Question**: Is the term 有色人种 ("colored races") normally used by Chinese people?

**Tags:** usage, expressions

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Chinese generally don't call other non-white people 'colored races' But we know white people do, so it isn't an unfamiliar term; for us  
> **username_2**: Your guess is right: it is usually a translated term used in race-related topics in the USA (or western countries). Otherwise it is seldom used by we Chinese people.  

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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2020-12-09. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

As the comments say, 有色人种 is not commonly used by Chinese people.

There is online Chinese corpus [BCC汉语语料库](http://bcc.blcu.edu.cn/) hosted by BLCU. In the corpus we can search for "有色人种" in a few different types of material. You can get some result form 文学 and 报刊, but absolutely nothing form 对话. And when you check the texts return with the search, almost all of them are talking about things out of China.

Some example results form [文学](http://bcc.blcu.edu.cn/zh/search/1/%E6%9C%89%E8%89%B2%E4%BA%BA%E7%A7%8D)

> 1. 能这样的。我刚到东部那会儿总不断提醒自己：你可别忘了他们是"*有色人种*"而不是黑鬼，要不是我碰巧和那么多黑孩子打过交道，我就得花好多
> 2. 共同点，特意说了好几个悲惨的故事，每个故事都是关于布朗克斯区*有色人种*、波多黎各人残忍而凶狠的侵犯，还刻意描绘，令人不寒而栗。但没过
> 3. 次，我想亚拉巴马州的图斯康比亚大约有三千人，其中约有一半属于*有色人种*。再次，我在波士顿的朋友中只有很少几个人知道图书馆的事。我不想

And [报刊](http://bcc.blcu.edu.cn/zh/search/2/%E6%9C%89%E8%89%B2%E4%BA%BA%E7%A7%8D)

> 1. 帝国主义”，“打倒种族主义”。数以百计的示威者——其中许多是*有色人种*——拿着旗帜和标语牌，上面写着：“美国黑人，你们的斗争就是我们
> 2. 在菲律宾，侵略者更成千成万地屠杀着和平人民——他们所歧视的“*有色人种*”。“华沙一条街”照出了战犯们的一色的脸谱，不管他是新的还是旧
> 3. 》，把种族类别分成“白种人”和“有色人种”，印第安人被定为“*有色人种*”。对印第安部落而言，只有得到了政府的承认，才能取得对内部)

Note that instead of full sentences, a cerntain number of characters around the search term is displayed.


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### Answer by username_4 on 2020-12-14. Score: 2

The word is only possible in the following situations

* Translation of US news, or any alien news that uses the exact word "colored race" or "colored people"
* Chinese people that live in other countries and are classified as "colored race" or "colored people" might use this word to mention themselves, despite they like it or not.
* People in China but talking about political issues of other countries and the word "colored race" or "colored people" is used by the mentioned countries.


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### Answer by username_5 on 2021-01-17. Score: 1

We never use the following terms except for translation:

* 有色人种 (colored race)
* 非裔美国人 (African American)


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### Answer by username_6 on 2020-12-14. Score: 1

if you aren't racial at all. you don't need to avoid some words.in china we just say 黑人 亚洲人,it is common and normal.we don't need to replace it by other word.

> **Comments:**
> **username_5**: We don't say 亚洲人. We say 黄种人.  

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