祖
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Definitions
- 1. ancestor
- 2. forefather
- 3. grandparents
Words Containing 祖
passed on from ancestors
ancestor
motherland
ancestor
father's mother
father's father
ancestral hometown
Wuzuquan - \Five Ancestors\ - Martial Art
father's father's brother's wife
father's father's brother
Buddha
to defend one's country
lit. progenitor of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), title of Khubilai Khan (1215-1294), first Yuan dynasty emperor, reigned 1260-1294
posthumous title of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗[chéng jí sī hán] (1162-1227)
deceased grandfather
to bring honor to one's ancestors
grandfather's younger brother
wife of paternal grandfather's younger brother
Emperor Gaozu of Tang, reign name of first Tang emperor Li Yuan 李淵|李渊[lǐ yuān] (566-635), reigned 618-626
vuvuzela (horn) (loanword)
vuvuzela (horn blown by sports fans)
mother's mother
maternal grandfather (i.e. mother's father)
Great Ancestor (posthumous title, e.g. for the founder of a dynasty)
primogenitor
Archaeopteryx
Matsu, name of a sea goddess still widely worshipped on the SE China coast and in SE Asia
flamingo lily (Anthurium andraeanum)
Emperor Taizu of Song, posthumous title of the founding Song emperor Zhao Kuangyin 趙匡胤|赵匡胤 (927-976), reigned from 960
Song Zuying (1966-), Chinese folk music singer
(polite) my paternal grandfather
Joey Yung (1980-), Hong Kong pop singer and actress
brat
bazooka (loanword)
Peng Zu (legendary figure of Taoism who lived 800 years)
to recount history but omit one's ancestors (idiom); to forget one's roots
Ming Taizu, temple name of first Ming emperor Hongwu 洪武[hóng wǔ]
Ming Chengzu, temple name of third Ming Emperor Yongle 永樂|永乐[yǒng lè]
great-grandmother (mother's grandmother)
great-grandfather (mother's grandfather)
great-grandfather (father of one's paternal grandfather)
father's father's mother
father's father's father
great-grandparents
to bring honor to one's ancestors (idiom)
Jeonjo (1752-1800), 22nd king of Korean Joseon dynasty
Sha Zukang (1947-), Chinese diplomat
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)
Tang Xianzu (1550-1616), Ming poet and dramatist, author of The Peony Pavilion 牡丹亭[mǔ dan tíng]
posthumous name of the first Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 (256 or 247-195 BC), reigned 202-195 BC
Joey Wong (1967-), Taiwanese actress
direct ancestor
movement to restore the fatherland
Committee for Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland (North Korean)
ancestral tomb
ancestral tomb
father's father's sister
former residence
ancestral house
founder (of a craft, religious sect etc)
founder (of a craft, religious sect etc)
emerald
Zu Chongzhi (429-500), astronomer and mathematician
paternal grandparents
people of one's grandparents' generation
for generations
ancestry
proto-language
ancestors
Zuma (name)
Zulu
Zulu people
dinosaur ancestor of birds
dinosaur ancestors of birds
Godhead
to offer sacrifices to one's ancestors
many generations of ancestors
Shengzu, temple name of the second Qing emperor, known as the Kangxi Emperor (1654-1722)
atavism (biology)
a remote ancestor
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
founding master of a monastery
founder
Matsu Islands off Fujian, administered by Taiwan
Matsu Islands
great-great-grandmother
great-great-grandfather
the earliest ancestor