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Definitions

  1. 1. ancestor
  2. 2. forefather
  3. 3. grandparents

Words Containing 祖

祖传
zǔ chuán

passed on from ancestors

祖先
zǔ xiān

ancestor

祖国
zǔ guó

motherland

祖宗
zǔ zōng

ancestor

祖母
zǔ mǔ

father's mother

祖父
zǔ fù

father's father

祖籍
zǔ jí

ancestral hometown

五祖拳
wǔ zǔ quán

Wuzuquan - \Five Ancestors\ - Martial Art

伯叔祖母
bó shū zǔ mǔ

father's father's brother's wife

伯叔祖父
bó shū zǔ fù

father's father's brother

佛祖
fó zǔ

Buddha

保卫祖国
bǎo wèi zǔ guó

to defend one's country

元世祖
yuán shì zǔ

lit. progenitor of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), title of Khubilai Khan (1215-1294), first Yuan dynasty emperor, reigned 1260-1294

元太祖
yuán tài zǔ

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

先祖
xiān zǔ

deceased grandfather

光宗耀祖
guāng zōng yào zǔ

to bring honor to one's ancestors

叔祖
shū zǔ

grandfather's younger brother

叔祖母
shū zǔ mǔ

wife of paternal grandfather's younger brother

唐高祖
táng gāo zǔ

Emperor Gaozu of Tang, reign name of first Tang emperor Li Yuan 李淵|李渊[lǐ yuān] (566-635), reigned 618-626

呜呜祖拉
wū wū zǔ lā

vuvuzela (horn) (loanword)

嗡嗡祖拉
wēng wēng zǔ lā

vuvuzela (horn blown by sports fans)

外祖母
wài zǔ mǔ

mother's mother

外祖父
wài zǔ fù

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

太祖
tài zǔ

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

始祖
shǐ zǔ

primogenitor

始祖鸟
shǐ zǔ niǎo

Archaeopteryx

妈祖
mā zǔ

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

安祖花
ān zǔ huā

flamingo lily (Anthurium andraeanum)

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

宋祖英
sòng zǔ yīng

Song Zuying (1966-), Chinese folk music singer

家祖
jiā zǔ

(polite) my paternal grandfather

容祖儿
róng zǔ ér

Joey Yung (1980-), Hong Kong pop singer and actress

小祖宗
xiǎo zǔ zōng

brat

巴祖卡
bā zǔ kǎ

bazooka (loanword)

彭祖
péng zǔ

Peng Zu (legendary figure of Taoism who lived 800 years)

数典忘祖
shǔ diǎn wàng zǔ

to recount history but omit one's ancestors (idiom); to forget one's roots

明太祖
míng tài zǔ

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

明成祖
míng chéng zǔ

Ming Chengzu, temple name of third Ming Emperor Yongle 永樂|永乐[yǒng lè]

曾外祖母
zēng wài zǔ mǔ

great-grandmother (mother's grandmother)

曾外祖父
zēng wài zǔ fù

great-grandfather (mother's grandfather)

曾祖
zēng zǔ

great-grandfather (father of one's paternal grandfather)

曾祖母
zēng zǔ mǔ

father's father's mother

曾祖父
zēng zǔ fù

father's father's father

曾祖父母
zēng zǔ fù mǔ

great-grandparents

荣宗耀祖
róng zōng yào zǔ

to bring honor to one's ancestors (idiom)

正祖
zhèng zǔ

Jeonjo (1752-1800), 22nd king of Korean Joseon dynasty

沙祖康
shā zǔ kāng

Sha Zukang (1947-), Chinese diplomat

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)

汤显祖
tāng xiǎn zǔ

Tang Xianzu (1550-1616), Ming poet and dramatist, author of The Peony Pavilion 牡丹亭[mǔ dan tíng]

汉高祖
hàn gāo zǔ

posthumous name of the first Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 (256 or 247-195 BC), reigned 202-195 BC

王祖贤
wáng zǔ xián

Joey Wong (1967-), Taiwanese actress

直系祖先
zhí xì zǔ xiān

direct ancestor

祖国光复会
zǔ guó guāng fù huì

movement to restore the fatherland

祖国和平统一委员会
zǔ guó hé píng tǒng yī wěi yuán huì

Committee for Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland (North Korean)

祖茔
zǔ yíng

ancestral tomb

祖坟
zǔ fén

ancestral tomb

祖姑母
zǔ gū mǔ

father's father's sister

祖居
zǔ jū

former residence

祖屋
zǔ wū

ancestral house

祖师
zǔ shī

founder (of a craft, religious sect etc)

祖师爷
zǔ shī yé

founder (of a craft, religious sect etc)

祖母绿
zǔ mǔ lǜ

emerald

祖冲之
zǔ chōng zhī

Zu Chongzhi (429-500), astronomer and mathematician

祖父母
zǔ fù mǔ

paternal grandparents

祖父辈
zǔ fù bèi

people of one's grandparents' generation

祖祖辈辈
zǔ zǔ bèi bèi

for generations

祖系
zǔ xì

ancestry

祖语
zǔ yǔ

proto-language

祖辈
zǔ bèi

ancestors

祖马
zǔ mǎ

Zuma (name)

祖鲁
zǔ lǔ

Zulu

祖鲁人
zǔ lǔ rén

Zulu people

祖鸟
zǔ niǎo

dinosaur ancestor of birds

祖鸟类
zǔ niǎo lèi

dinosaur ancestors of birds

神祖
shén zǔ

Godhead

祭祖
jì zǔ

to offer sacrifices to one's ancestors

积祖
jī zǔ

many generations of ancestors

圣祖
shèng zǔ

Shengzu, temple name of the second Qing emperor, known as the Kangxi Emperor (1654-1722)

返祖现象
fǎn zǔ xiàn xiàng

atavism (biology)

远祖
yuǎn zǔ

a remote ancestor

郑光祖
zhèng guāng zǔ

Zheng Guangzu, Yuan dynasty dramatist in the 雜劇|杂剧 tradition of musical comedy, one of the Four Great Yuan dramatists 元曲四大家

开山祖师
kāi shān zǔ shī

founding master of a monastery

开山鼻祖
kāi shān bí zǔ

founder

马祖
mǎ zǔ

Matsu Islands off Fujian, administered by Taiwan

马祖列岛
mǎ zǔ liè dǎo

Matsu Islands

高祖母
gāo zǔ mǔ

great-great-grandmother

高祖父
gāo zǔ fù

great-great-grandfather

鼻祖
bí zǔ

the earliest ancestor