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祖 (zou2) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

祖 (zou2, zǔ) — ancestor; forefather; grandparents; founder; an originator; sacrifice to god of travellers; a surname

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beyond HSK

Related words

• 祖宗十八代 (zou2 zung1 sap6 baat3 doi6) — (noun) all of the ancestors
• 祖家 (zou2 gaa1) — (noun) home country
• 祖屋 (zou2 uk1) — Ancestral home
• 祖師 (zou2 si1) — (noun) a founder of academic; the founder of a sect such as Buddhism or Taoism;…
• 祖廟 (zou2 miu2) — Ancestral temple
• 祖廟 (zou2 miu6) — (noun) the temple or mausoleum to enshrine ancestors

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