祖 zǔ

1. 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')
2. 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')
3. 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)
4. zǔ verb to found; to initiate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '祖' 3)
5. zǔ verb to follow the example of
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '祖' v 3; Kroll 2015 '祖' 4)
6. zǔ verb to sacrifice before going on a journey
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '祖' v 1; Kroll 2015 '祖' 4)
7. zǔ noun ancestral temple
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '祖' n 3; Kroll 2015 '祖' 2a)
8. zǔ verb to give a farewell dinner
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '祖' v 2; Kroll 2015 '祖' 5a)
9. zǔ verb be familiar with
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 熟悉 (Guoyu '祖' v 4)
10. 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

• 曾祖母 paternal great-grandmother
• 祖母绿(祖母綠) an emerald
• 祖训(祖訓) the wishes of predecessors
• 高祖母 great-great-grandmother
• 光宗耀祖 to bring honor to one's ancestors
• 祖姑母 father's father's sister; great aunt
• 曾祖父 paternal great-grandfather
• 叔祖 grandfather's younger brother
• 祖父辈(祖父輩) people of one's grandparents' generation
• 伯叔祖母 father's father's brother's wife; great aunt
• 高祖父 great-great-grandfather
• 祭祖 to offer sacrifices to one's ancestors
• 神祖 Godhead
• 保卫祖国(保衛祖國) to defend one's country
• 祖饯(祖餞) farewell banquet for a friend
• 马祖(馬祖) Mazu ; Mazu [deity] ; Mazu [Islands]
• 家祖 my ancestors; (polite) my paternal grandfather
• 祖辈(祖輩) ancestors; forefathers; ancestry
• 祖茔(祖塋) a cemetary for ancestors
• 祖系 ancestry; lineage; pedigree
• 祖师(祖師) patriarch; the founder of a school or sect
• 荐祖(薦祖) to commemorate ancetors
• 同祖 friends and family
• 始祖 primogenitor; founder of a school or trade
• 祖神 God of the Road
• 安祖花 flamingo lily (Anthurium andraeanum)
• 叔祖母 wife of paternal grandfather's younger brother
• 祖传(祖傳) passed on from ancestors; handed down from generation to generation
• 祖鲁(祖魯) Zulu
• 荣宗耀祖(榮宗耀祖) to bring honor to one's ancestors
• 祖国光复会(祖國光復會) movement to restore the fatherland
• 曾外祖父 great-grandfather (mother's grandfather)
• 祖国(祖國) homeland; fatherland
• 彭祖寿永年(彭祖壽永年) Peng lived to a great age
• 祖荐(祖薦) farewell banquet for a friend
• 祖鸟(祖鳥) dinosaur ancestor of birds

Also contained in

沙祖康 、 祖语 、 赤祖德赞 、 金太祖 、 帝世祖 、 后梁太祖 、 宋太祖 、 祖国和平统一委员会 、 正祖 、 吕祖谦 、 高丽太祖 、 祖马 、 汉高祖刘邦 、 汉高祖 、 呵佛骂祖

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Truncated for common words

• 卷一百〇六 志第五十九 禮九 Volume 106 Treatises 59: Rites 9 History of Song 宋史 — count: 118
• 卷二十六 志第六: 禮儀六 Volume 26 Treatises 6: Rites 6 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 81
• 卷二十五 志第五: 禮儀五 Volume 25 Treatises 5: Rites 5 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 80
• 卷二十一 志第一: 禮儀一 Volume 21 Treatises 1: Rites 1 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 67
• 卷二百零　列傳第一百二十五 儒學下 Volume 200 Biographies 125: Confucian Scholars 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 61
• 卷一百三十四 志第八十七 樂九 Volume 134 Treatises 87: Music 9 History of Song 宋史 — count: 60
• 卷二十五 列傳第六 垣崇祖 張敬兒 Volume 25 Biographies 6: Yuan Chongzu, Zhang Jing Er Book of Southern Qi 南齊書 — count: 57
• 卷二百六十二 列傳第二十一 李穀 昝居潤 竇貞固 李濤 王易簡 趙上交 張錫 張鑄 邊歸讜 劉溫叟 劉濤 邊光範 劉載 程羽 Volume 262 Biographies 21: Li Gu, Zan Jurun, Dou Zhengu, Li Tao, Wang Yijian, Zhao Shangjiao, Zhang Xi, Zhang Zhu, Bian Guidang, Liu Wensou, Liu Tao, Bian Guangfan, Liu Zai, Cheng Yu History of Song 宋史 — count: 55
• 卷一百〇七 志第六十 禮十 Volume 107 Treatises 60: Rites 10 History of Song 宋史 — count: 54
• 卷五十一 志第二十七 禮五 Volume 51 Treatises 27: Rites 5 History of Ming 明史 — count: 54

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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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