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太祖

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tài zǔ

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Definitions

  1. 1. Great Ancestor (posthumous title, e.g. for the founder of a dynasty)

Words Containing 太祖

元太祖
yuán tài zǔ

posthumous title of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗[chéng jí sī hán] (1162-1227)

宋太祖
sòng tài zǔ

Emperor Taizu of Song, posthumous title of the founding Song emperor Zhao Kuangyin 趙匡胤|赵匡胤 (927-976), reigned from 960

明太祖
míng tài zǔ

Ming Taizu, temple name of first Ming emperor Hongwu 洪武[hóng wǔ]

清太祖
qīng tài zǔ

posthumous title of Nurhaci 努爾哈赤|努尔哈赤[nǔ ěr hā chì] (1559-1626), founder and first Khan of the Manchu Later Jin dynasty 後金|后金[hòu jīn] (from 1616)

Child Words of 太祖

太
tài

highest

祖
zǔ

ancestor

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