ancestor, forefather; grandfather

HSK 6 #1025

DEFINITIONS

祖 zǔ
  • surname Zu
  • ancestor
  • forefather
  • grandparents

STROKES

祖 stroke order diagram
祖 stroke order animation

WORDS

父 zǔ fù father's father; paternal grandfather
国 zǔ guó motherland
先 zǔ xiān ancestor; forebears
母 zǔ mǔ father's mother; paternal grandmother
父 zēng zǔ fù father's father's father; paternal great-grandfather
父母 zǔ fù mǔ paternal grandparents
fó zǔ Buddha; founder of a buddhist sect
母 wài zǔ mǔ mother's mother; maternal grandmother
父 wài zǔ fù maternal grandfather (i.e. mother's father)
宗 zǔ zōng ancestor; forebear
母 zēng zǔ mǔ father's father's mother; paternal great-grandmother
传 zǔ chuán passed on from ancestors; handed down from generation to generation
xiān zǔ deceased grandfather; ancestry
辈 zǔ bèi ancestors; forefathers; ancestry
shǐ zǔ primogenitor; founder of a school or trade
bí zǔ the earliest ancestor; originator (of a tradition, school of thought etc)
jì zǔ to offer sacrifices to one's ancestors
zēng zǔ great-grandfather (father of one's paternal grandfather)
母绿 zǔ mǔ lǜ emerald
卡 bā zǔ kǎ bazooka (loanword)
坟 zǔ fén ancestral tomb
籍 zǔ jí ancestral hometown; original domicile (and civil registration)
鲁人 zǔ lǔ rén Zulu people
光宗耀 guāng zōng yào zǔ to bring honor to one's ancestors
辈辈 zǔ zǔ bèi bèi for generations; from generation to generation
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