祖 zǔ
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zǔ
noun
ancestor; forefather
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Concept: Relative 亲戚
Notes: In the sense of 祖先 (ABC 'zǔ' 祖 bf 1; CCD '祖' 1; Guoyu '祖' n 2; Kroll 2015 '祖' 2; Unihan '祖') -
zǔ
noun
paternal grandparent
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Concept: Relative 亲戚
Notes: (ABC 'zǔ' 祖 bf 3; CCD '祖' 2; Guoyu '祖' n 1; Kroll 2015 '祖' 1; Unihan '祖') -
zǔ
noun
patriarch; founder
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 创始者; of a school, religious sect, etc (ABC 'zǔ' 祖 bf 2; Guoyu '祖' n 4; Kroll 2015 '祖' 2; CCD '祖' 3) -
zǔ
verb
to found; to initiate
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '祖' 3) -
zǔ
verb
to follow the example of
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '祖' v 3; Kroll 2015 '祖' 4) -
zǔ
verb
to sacrifice before going on a journey
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '祖' v 1; Kroll 2015 '祖' 4) -
zǔ
noun
ancestral temple
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '祖' n 3; Kroll 2015 '祖' 2a) -
zǔ
verb
to give a farewell dinner
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '祖' v 2; Kroll 2015 '祖' 5a) -
zǔ
verb
be familiar with
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 熟悉 (Guoyu '祖' v 4) -
zǔ
proper noun
Zu
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (ABC 'zǔ' 祖 n; Guoyu '祖' n 5)
Contained in
- 承祖 to receive an inheritance
- 祖坟(祖墳) ancestral tomb
- 叔祖母 wife of paternal grandfather's younger brother
- 祖传(祖傳) passed on from ancestors; handed down from generation to generation
- 祖灵纹(祖靈紋) ancestral soul motif
- 祖训(祖訓) the wishes of predecessors
- 祖国光复会(祖國光復會) movement to restore the fatherland
- 曾祖 paternal great-grandfather
- 祖谱(祖譜) genealogy register
- 鼻祖 the earliest ancestor; the originator
- 祖母 paternal grandmother
- 祖鲁(祖魯) Zulu
- 祖师爷(祖師爺) the founder of a temple
- 显祖(顯祖) ancestors ; Xiaozu
- 高祖母 great-great-grandmother
- 数典忘祖(數典忘祖) to recount history but omit one's ancestors; to forget one's roots
- 妈祖(媽祖) Mazu
- 马祖(馬祖) Mazu ; Mazu [deity] ; Mazu [Islands]
- 远祖(遠祖) a remote ancestor
- 曾外祖父 great-grandfather (mother's grandfather)
- 叔祖 grandfather's younger brother
- 祖父辈(祖父輩) people of one's grandparents' generation
- 列祖列宗 forebears from past generations
- 初祖 first patriarch; founder
- 安祖花 flamingo lily (Anthurium andraeanum)
- 祖系 ancestry; lineage; pedigree
- 家祖 my ancestors; (polite) my paternal grandfather
- 祖籍 ancestral hometown
- 嗡嗡祖拉 vuvuzela (horn blown by sports fans)
- 祖母绿(祖母綠) an emerald
- 祖师(祖師) patriarch; the founder of a school or sect
- 太祖 Taizu; Great Ancestor ; progenitor
- 伯叔祖父 father's father's brother; great uncle
- 曾祖父母 great-grandparents
Also contained in
呵佛骂祖 、 明太祖 、 陈祖义 、 明成祖 、 汤显祖 、 圣祖 、 辽太祖 、 仁祖 、 祖语 、 容祖儿 、 祖逖 、 金太祖 、 赤祖德赞 、 马祖列岛 、 吕祖 、 唐高祖 、 正祖
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Collocations
- 皇祖 (皇祖) 獻之皇祖 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧谷風之什‧信南山 Minor odes of the kingdom - Gu Feng Zhi Shen - Xin Nan Shan — count: 25
- 祖庙 (祖廟) 微子來見祖廟也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 周頌‧臣工之什‧有客 Sacrificial odes of Zhou - Decade Of Chen Gong - You Ke — count: 17
- 祖考 (祖考) 享于祖考 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧谷風之什‧信南山 Minor odes of the kingdom - Gu Feng Zhi Shen - Xin Nan Shan — count: 15
- 祖祢 (祖禰) 事祖禰之心盡矣 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 11
- 祖姑 (祖姑) 其妻祔於諸祖姑 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《喪服小記》 Record of Small Matters in the Dress of Mourning — count: 9
- 尊祖 (尊祖) 尊祖也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧生民之什‧生民 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Sheng Min - Sheng Min — count: 9
- 烈祖 (烈祖) 烝衎烈祖 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧甫田之什‧賓之初筵 Minor odes of the kingdom - Fu Tian Zhi Shen - Bao Zhi Chu Yan — count: 6
- 祖妣 (祖妣) 烝畀祖妣 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 周頌‧臣工之什‧豐年 Sacrificial odes of Zhou - Decade Of Chen Gong - Feng Nian — count: 5
- 祖伯 (祖伯) 用荐岁事于皇祖伯某 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 少牢馈食礼 第十六 16. Rites of the secondary pen victim food offering — count: 5
- 大祖 (大祖) 南仲大祖 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧蕩之什‧常武 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Dang - Chang Wu — count: 5