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Information of 祖

Pinyin zǔ

Radical

礻

Strokes

9 strokes

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Definition

ancestor / forefather / grandparents

祖 [zǔ] 名 1. Father's previous generation. (e.g., 祖父, 祖母) 2. A person of the same generation as the grandfather. (e.g., 外祖父, 外祖母) 3. Ancestors; forerunners. (e.g., 祖宗, 祖业) 4. Beginning; initiation. (e.g., 鼻祖) 5. The founder of a certain enterprise or school. (e.g., 祖师) 6. To offer sacrifices to the road gods before traveling, extended to mean sending off. (e.g., 祖饯) 7. Surname. 动 1. To follow; to inherit. 2. To advocate; to uphold. 3. To be familiar with; well-practiced in. 4. To offer sacrifices to road gods before starting a journey; extended to mean a farewell dinner. 5. Sacrifices for the deceased; generally refers to rituals 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)