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Meaning of 祖

Pinyin zǔ

Radical

礻

Strokes

Definition

ancestor / forefather / grandparents

Usage

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祖拼音: [zǔ] 词性: 名词 1. 父亲的上一辈：祖父、祖考、祖母、祖妣。 (Eng. The previous generation of one's father: grandfather, ancestor, grandmother, ancestors.) 2. 称与祖父同辈的人：外祖父、外祖母。 (Eng. Refers to people of the same generation as one's grandfather: maternal grandfather, maternal grandmother.) 3. 先代：祖宗、祖业、祖制、祖祭、祖国。 (Eng. Previous generations: ancestors, ancestral business, ancestral system, ancestral worship, homeland.) 4. 初，开始：鼻祖。 (Eng. Beginning, start: the earliest ancestor.) 5. 某种事业或派别的创始人：祖师。 (Eng. Founder of a certain cause or faction: founder of a school.) 6. 出行时祭路神，引申为送行：“五月金陵西，祖余白下亭”。祖饯。 (Eng. Sacrificing to the God of Roads before traveling, extended to mean farewell: "In May, west of Jinling, send off at Bai Xia Pavilion.") 7. 姓。 (Eng. A surname.) 词性: 动词 1. 效法；承袭。 (Eng. To follow; inherit.) 2. 崇尚。 (Eng. To uphold; advocate.) 3. 熟悉。 (Eng. To be practiced in.) 4. 出行时祭祀路神。引申为饯行。 (Eng. To sacrifice to the Spirit of Roads before starting on a journey; to give a farewell dinner.) 5. 死者将葬时之祭。泛指为死者作祭。 (Eng. Sacrifice during the burial of the deceased; generally refers to sacrifices made for the dead.)

叔祖 shū zǔ

grandfather's younger brother

祖坟 zǔ fén

ancestral tomb

嫘祖 léi zǔ

Lei Zu

妈祖 Mā zǔ

Matsu, name of a sea goddess still widely worshipped on the SE China coast and in SE Asia

妈祖庙 mā zǔ miào

Mazu temple

始祖 shǐ zǔ

primogenitor / founder of a school or trade

祖庙 zǔ miào

ancestor temple

外祖母 wài zǔ mǔ

mother's mother / maternal grandmother

佛祖 Fó zǔ

Buddha / founder of a buddhist sect

祖父 zǔ fù

father's father / paternal grandfather

外祖父 wài zǔ fù

maternal grandfather (i.e. mother's father)

祖国 zǔ guó

motherland

祭祖 jì zǔ

to offer sacrifices to one's ancestors

祖师 zǔ shī

founder (of a craft, religious sect etc)

祖上 zǔ shàng

ancestor / forefather

祖籍 zǔ jí

ancestral hometown / original domicile (and civil registration)

远祖 yuǎn zǔ

a remote ancestor

祖冲之 Zǔ chōng zhī

Zu Chongzhi (429-500), astronomer and mathematician

神祖主 shén zǔ zhǔ

God ancestor

祖辈 zǔ bèi

ancestors / forefathers / ancestry

先祖 xiān zǔ

deceased grandfather / ancestry

祖茔 zǔ yíng

ancestral tomb

辽太祖 liáo tài zǔ

Liao Taizu

鼻祖 bí zǔ

the earliest ancestor / originator (of a tradition, school of thought etc)