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HSK
father's father / paternal grandfather
HSK 6
motherland
HSK 6
Buddha / founder of a buddhist sect
father's mother; paternal grandmother
HSK 6
Ming Taizu, temple name of first Ming emperor Hongwu 洪武
former residence / one's original home
to defend one's country
passed on from ancestors / handed down from generation to generation
HSK 7-9
atavism (biology)
paternal grandparents
ancestors; forebears / (biology) ancestral species; ancient species from which present-day species evolved
HSK 7-9
to bring honor to one's ancestors
ancestor / forebear
HSK 7-9
ancestral hometown / original domicile (and civil registration)
HSK 7-9
(literary) my deceased grandfather / (literary) ancestors
Ming Chengzu, temple name of third Ming Emperor Yongle 永樂|永乐
mother's mother / maternal grandmother
founder (of a craft, religious sect etc)
to offer sacrifices to one's ancestors
Joey Wong (1967-), Taiwanese actress
for generations / from generation to generation
primogenitor / founder of a school or trade
founder
posthumous title of Nurhaci 努爾哈赤|努尔哈赤 (1559-1626), founder and first Khan of the Manchu Later Jin dynasty 後金|后金 (from 1616)
father's father's father / paternal great-grandfather
Emperor Gaozu of Tang, reign name of first Tang emperor Li Yuan 李淵|李渊 (566-635), reigned 618-626
father's father's mother / paternal great-grandmother
Wuzuquan - "Five Ancestors" - Martial Art
Joey Yung (1980-), Hong Kong pop singer and actress
Great Ancestor (posthumous title, e.g. for the founder of a dynasty)
brat / little devil
Peng Zu (legendary figure of Taoism who lived 800 years)
a remote ancestor
founding master of a monastery / founder / originator
Song Zuying (1966-), Chinese folk music singer
grandfather's younger brother
emerald
Shengzu, temple name of the second Qing emperor, known as the Kangxi Emperor (1654-1722) / cf. 康熙
divine ancester / patron saint
Zulu
Matsu Islands off Fujian, administered by Taiwan
father's father's brother's wife / great aunt
to bring honor to one's ancestors (idiom) / also written 光宗耀祖
to recount history but omit one's ancestors (idiom); to forget one's roots
father's father's brother / great uncle
wife of paternal grandfather's younger brother
ancestry / lineage / pedigree / also written 祖係|祖系
posthumous title of Genghis Khan 成吉思汗 (1162-1227)
Matsu, name of a sea goddess still widely worshipped on the SE China coast and in SE Asia
Jeonjo (1752-1800), 22nd king of Korean Joseon dynasty
direct ancestor
the earliest ancestor / originator (of a tradition, school of thought etc)
Zu Chongzhi (429-500), astronomer and mathematician
maternal grandfather (i.e. mother's father)
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  *祖* | 祖* | *祖
surname Zu
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *祖* | 祖* | *祖
ancestor / forefather / grandparents
Zuma (name) / Jacob Zuma (1942-), South African ANC politician, vice-president 1999-2005, president 2009-2018
great-grandmother (mother's grandmother)
lit. progenitor of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), title of Khubilai Khan (1215-1294), first Yuan dynasty emperor, reigned 1260-1294
bazooka (loanword)
people of one's grandparents' generation
proto-language / parent language (linguistics)
dinosaur ancestor of birds
Godhead
Emperor Taizu of Song, posthumous title of the founding Song emperor Zhao Kuangyin 趙匡胤|赵匡胤 (927-976), reigned from 960
(polite) my paternal grandfather
Archaeopteryx
ancestral tomb
founder (of a craft, religious sect etc)
great-great-grandfather
Zulu people
dinosaur ancestors of birds
vuvuzela (horn) (loanword)
Tang Xianzu (1550-1616), Ming poet and dramatist, author of The Peony Pavilion 牡丹亭
posthumous name of the first Han emperor Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦 (256 or 247-195 BC), reigned 202-195 BC
ancestral tomb
many generations of ancestors
ancestral house
shrine dedicated to one's ancestors
ancestors / forefathers / ancestry
great-grandfather (father of one's paternal grandfather)
Committee for Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland (North Korean)
flamingo lily (Anthurium andraeanum)
great-grandparents
vuvuzela (horn blown by sports fans)
great-grandfather (mother's grandfather)
Matsu Islands
Sha Zukang (1947-), Chinese diplomat
ancestors (old)
father's father's sister / great aunt
great-great-grandmother
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
ancestral house


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