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


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